On Sun, 2006-08-10 at 00:29 +0100, Sean Hammond wrote: > Well okay but take a look at some specific emblems from the orange set > compared to the colour set: > > * The 'high' and 'important' emblems in the orange set look almost > exactly the same. The only difference is that the top of the > exclamation mark on 'important' is slightly wider than on 'high.' In > the colour set, these two are differentiated by their colour. > > * The 'photos' icon and the 'pictures' icon are also extremely similar > (in both sets), and in the orange set, because they have only one > colour to go with, they don't look like much of anything at all. Just > a couple of rectangles.
I would agree on these points -- I view the emblems as a wonderful starting position. That said, I suspect there are certainly a few of the emblems that would require further exploration regarding the icons chosen, as opposed to the 'throw the baby out with the bath water' approach. * Money -- North American currency symbol is probably quite further away from a 'universal' indicator as so much as perhaps something akin to coinage. * Shared -- something could probably elaborate on this a bit more, perhaps utilizing the other icon looks as a starting point for shared. * Photos -- Needs to offer something a little more photographic for the iconization. Lens? Camera? Pictures seems more apt as it looks a little more like a rapid exposure camera feel. * Pictures -- seems to be more appropriate to offer something more distinctive here. Perhaps a frame? Something other than a reference back to photos as cited in Sean's posting. * Distinguished -- Numerical values probably lose their connotations quickly across cultures. Ribbon? Trophy? Complete brain dump here, but those are certainly worthy of icon brainstorming. Great discussion Sean, TJS
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