Just for your reference, this is what we currently have for the write
activity.
Takaaki
On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:42 AM, Ken Ritchie wrote:
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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