I agree. The shiny white circle at the top of the button-shaped flags makes the flag colors hard to distinguish or even to tell what color they should be and it is also hard on the eyes. You lose all the detail in the periphery of the flag that makes it immediately recognizable to natives. Also, people aren't used to looking up at a circular flag on the flagpoles in their respective countries.
Great example. Courtney -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Hurd Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sort order for listing languages in setup / settings Apple takes an interesting approach: http://www.apple.com/choose-your-country/ Overall, the languages are broken up by region. Some are listed in English, some with native characters, and some with both. However, the common element for each is the icon of the country's flag. As an English speaker, I find this approach usable, but possibly only because I can read the regional headings and narrow down the selection. I can see how a non-English speaker would have a difficult time searching for their country's flag when there's at least 50 of them on that page. Too many colors, stripes, stars, other similarities between each. Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42561 ________________________________________________________________ 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
