On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, John Levon wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 04:41:48PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: > > > Most Westernised folks at least will be familiar with the "recycle" > > triangle. It's a small jump to make a similar association here. > > But we cannot have just a recycle triangle, users associate it with > "re-something". We are not "recycling", we're "cycling".
Okay, I'm being gentle because you have either just woken up or are still partying. Did the suggested arrow look like a triangle? If you thought so then you need to go to bed now. Do not attempt to drive. :) The "association" I spoke of was that people will realise that something similar is happening. A cycle is formed. A squarish cycle perhaps not a triangular green recycle. > > If you prefer something more like: > > > > --->-\ > > | > > <-/ > > And how are you going to fit that, plus something that clearly indicates > a llist item, onto even a KDE-sized icon ? You just won't be able to do > it clearly. The arrow can overlap the paragraph that is in motion. > > > Here's an idea. What about a springy arrow? Most people would know a > > spring will stretch and return. Perhaps this would be a better > > analogy? > > I have other objections to the cycling behaviour as was, and I'm not > super-excited about going therough it again - the archives at > marc.theaimsgroup.com are pretty navigable. UI smUI. :) I'm going home now to work on my thesis again. Which is what I was supposed to be doing instead of fiddling with web sites. Allan. (ARRae) Have fun.
