On 1/29/10 4:06 PM, "Chris Ridd" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Actually, I now think that the most obvious symbol is an @ sign, and I
>>>> think we should look at building an icon around that.
>>>
>>> There is nothing about the @ sign that represents email at all!
>>
>> Except for that niggling little fact that every single email address has an @
>> sign in it, and has done for about 20 years (since !apple!ucsc!uscb!kreme
>> addresses went away)
>
> There were no @ signs in X.400 either!
>
> But back to the point - unfortunately for us, other sorts of current in-use
> addressing schemes also have @ signs, eg XMPP ("Jabber") instant messaging
> addresses, Twitter, etc.
True, however, the @ sign is considered "email" by, well, everyone. Almost
anything you pick is going to have multiple meanings, but if you want
universality, it's harder to get much better than @
--
John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
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