Somwhere in the fuzziness of my brain I recall a workshop with (I think) Chris Nodder from NN/g, in which he claimed that Play and Stop are the only two globally-recognised symbols, with Pause largely known but not universal. Other symbols (Forward, Reverse etc) are not widely recognised.
Don't quote me though. Cennydd On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Stephen Holmes <stephenwhol...@me.com>wrote: > I'm doing research for a paper on international naming conventions > and how much the internet's use of english as a primary language has > affected other languages and cultures. > > I'm starting with the universal icons and naming for the traditional > Stop (a square), Pause (two horizontal bars) and Play (a > right-pointing arrow). Do you think that these symbols are fully > universal or are there some cultural holdouts (different symbols) out > there that you know of? > > Also interested in the language translations of Stop, Pause, Play to > see if there is language-specific translation that is being usurped by > the english equivalents. > > regards > > Stephen > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
