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

[Dale Bengston]

Yes, and yes. And they don't always follow their own guidelines  
either. Still, as far as icons and ui, this is a great place to start.

Dale

On May 11, 2009, at 2:00 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> It’s good, but highly subjective as the document probably is Apple’s
> opinion only,
> however Apple seems to be the only commercial company that did any
> work of significance in that area.
>
> ggt
>
> 2009/5/11 Dale Bengston <dbengston at tds.net>:
>> I started here.
>>
>> <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/userexperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/OSXHIGuidelines.pdf 
>> >
>>
>> 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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