It's interesting that people want to rethink the Power icon even though it's not a literal metaphor of "power." Yes, it's not globally accepted yet, but it's as close to a standard as we've got. We have so few standards, I prefer to adapt wherever possible.
I'd rather spend time trying to rethink the Setup or Configure icon that is usually displayed as gears or a wrench/spanner. To me, the latter implies that my product is broken and I need to fix it. That's definitely the wrong metaphor. There has to be something better than that. Or to look at the problem another way, there is nothing inherent in an octagon that says STOP, yet if you showed a red octagon to anybody, they'd likely interpret it as stop. It took decades for that to become "standard", but time passes and it happens through repeated use. To me, the goal is a universal language for interaction so we can spend less time redefining the meaning of every element and instead assemble those elements into a beautiful/intuitive/useful experience. - Bill ________________________________________________________________ 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
