El sáb, 10-02-2007 a las 21:49 +0200, Donn escribió: > I would hope that such a voting system may *at least* float the most > communicative icons/images to the surface, but I just don't know what will > happen. Still, no-one but a local of the native language in their locale will > know best what image represents "New File". > Unless we ask them, we cannot know. I guess.
Maybe design guidelines is what we should vote, two or three proposals of design guidelines for icons and artwork for some group of versions, maybe all versions between two LTS releases could follow the same guidelines, and have some variations in the artwork (but sticking to the guidelines). That should speed up development a lot. First create a base (guidelines), and then the artwork, but already standing on something. About the icon issue, there's always a conceptual icon for everything that is more or less universal, after all, we all live in a small planet, and unless we're in a small isolated tribe (with no computers), we'll be familiar with them. There are some metaphors we can use in almost all cultures: * Nature * Road signs * Airport signs * Elements from generic maps and charts (not specialized) * Commonplace construction and transportation machinery * Commonplace office equipment * Urban constructions * Commonplace rural machinery and facilities that most people have seen in real-live or TV, not specialized stuff * Commonplace furniture and equipment (a dishwasher does not qualify, but a gas/electrical kitchen/oven does) -- Jean Pierre Rupp Xeno-Genesis www.xeno-genesis.com
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