This may not be the strongest rationale but... A symbol rather than any of the physical representations of mail (letter, envelope, mail sack/truck) feels more appropriate, given that symbol manipulation is what developers do.
On 30 Jan 2010, at 15:37, DINH Viêt Hoà wrote: > Why not use a (folded) _letter_ icon for letters ? > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Jonathan Davis > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is there any existing copywrite on that horn? >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:33 PM, 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" >>> ;-) >>> >>> -- >>> Alan Pyne >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com >> >> > > > > -- > DINH Viêt Hoà > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
