[FX.php List] [ 1/2 OT ] Is there a consortium of symbols?

[Dale Bengston]

I started here.

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/userexperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/OSXHIGuidelines.pdf 
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Dale

On May 10, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> I am interested in finding a defined use of different symbols that I
> do not have to discuss with anyone,
> that is already commonly accepted.
>
> I find the stop sign to be highly controlversial, should it mean stop
> some action?
> Or should it mean that you should stop doing whatever you are doing?
>
> ggt
>
> 2009/5/8 david weiner <1265 at lucerneblvd.org>:
>> The closest I can think of are icon sets, Tango is one of the most  
>> common
>> since it's open source. But more specifically what each icon might  
>> symbolize
>> tends to be abstract to some degree and depends on internal  
>> consistency of
>> use and general use in the world of computers in some sort of  
>> balance.
>>
>> http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library
>>
>> If you're really interested in usability as a topic there's a lot  
>> to read
>> and it's kind of an open debate, so it's good to read a variety of  
>> sources
>> and then test things out by listening very carefully and observing  
>> your
>> users while they try to understand the cues you give them.
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=usability&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
>>
>> - David
>>
>>
>> On May 8, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>>> If you look at this link:
>>>
>>> http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home&locale=en_US&q=ichat
>>>
>>> in the results, there are symbols, i assume the doctor tool means
>>> diagnostics and 123 means how-to and the cartoon bubbles means
>>> opinions or dialog.
>>>
>>> But do any of you know of a "dictionary" of sybols?
>>>
>>> ggt
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