> What if it referred not to going backwards in writing, > but backwards in time (counterclockwise) - overlay the > arrow on an analog clock face?Nice idea. Do clocks run clockwise everywhere in the world? I think clockwise-running clocks are pervasive enough that it may be safe to make that association.
30sec illustration attached (terrible, but you get the idea.)
The "clockwise" convention was developed because that's how sundials worked
in the Northern hemisphere - unsure whether "counterclockwise" clocks exist
aside from joke shoppes, but I'm willing to bet that clockwise clocks are
more prevalent than LTR writing systems if this is actually a worry. The
clock makes the icon significantly more complex, although it resolves a lot
of the {stylistic*, meaning} ambiguity of the "usual" undo. As Ka-Ping said,
this might just turn out to be a non-issue. Or it might be one of those cool
subtle touches that spreads to other places.
*at least I haven't seen two "undo" icons that look much alike - as opposed
to the immediately recognizable "back," "forward" "close-X" "email" etc.
icons, but maybe that's just me.
-Mel
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