On 06/02/06, Daniel F Moisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are doing a full redesign at tango, you could use: > > * open: folder with arrow going out (perhaps a small document at the > end of the arrow, but i dont know if the detail will be eonugh) > * close: folder with arrow going in (again perhaps with a document) > I've seen applications with that scheme. It always looked awkward to me - I couldn't easily distinguish which one should I use. You actually have to think "arrow going in means putting the document in a folder". One should develop the habit of "press the square icon to save" (i.e. recognition by basic shape), not thinking every time the semantics of the operation.
> that would make clear the open/save duality, and link the concept with > documents But is it open/save really a duality, for anyone other than a programmer? You're probably thinking of the read/write access to files - but that is an input/output metaphor, not one of document processing. For an end user, Open is "begin to work", while Save is a compulsive "please please protect my document so that a system crash won't ruin all my hard work". The actual opposite to Open is of course Close, as in "finish my work". _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
