On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Alan Pyne <[email protected]> wrote: > How about adopting the Trystero muted post horn symbol from Pynchon's The > Crying of Lot 49? > > http://cl49.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:MutedPosthorn.png > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_horn > > Here's why I think this could work well: > > - it's meaningful (in the book, this symbol is representative of a secret > postal service) > - it's symbolic, rather than literal (avoiding the various cultural variation > problems covered earlier) > - it's distinctive (it has an alchemical feel to it, not unlike the > Quicksilver icon - Letters is a power tool for developers/computer "wizards" > ;-)
The post horn is an interesting image, though I think American users will have no idea what it is. But what's nice about it is that it is a) distinctive and b) possible to read as a flow diagram of a filter and a loop (which is a fitting image for the client). _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
