Nice illustration! I'd like this one to pop up to remind me to set my analog
clocks back ("fall back...") when "daylight savings" time ends. ;-) I
wonder if Doctor Who might have some idea?
I love the dialogue and "thinking out loud" on this list! Keep the
brainstorms coming.
--ken
;-)
On 3/27/07, Mel Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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