From electrical engineering. Its a closed circuit. will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.281.1281
On Feb 27, 2008, at 5:37 PM, "Shaun Bergmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A discussion came up at the office today that got me wondering. > Do any of you know the history of the 'Power' Icon? You know the > one: The > circle with the vertical bar pointing up and overlapping the top > edge of the > circle. > > This icon was being incorporated into an interface and the argument > was made > that "not everybody is going to know what that icon means" > > That's totally possible. If anything stands out as a good example of > the > statement that there are no intuitive interfaces -- all interfaces are > learned -- it's this icon. The only reason people are going to know > that > it's the power button is because they know it's the power button. > > I looked at it's design from a fresh perspective today and really > have to > question WHY it's become so prevalent? Visually, it doesn't say > "power" to > me. Where'd this thing come from? > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
