OpenOffice.org icons

[nodata]

> On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 09:35 +0200, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:
>> nodata wrote:
>>
>> >Quick question - does anyone find the new openoffice.org icons
>> difficult
>> >to understand?
>> >
>>
>> not really, afair
>>
>> writer = lines
>> calc = table
>> impress = monitor/beamer
> database =  silo
>
> Ah, the age old question of iconography.   Icons only mean something if
> you know what they mean (which is of course self serving).
>
> Someone once told me that you should never teach students how to use a
> program based on the icons in the application because they may well mean
> nothing in similar applications and then the person will have troubles
> using alternative (but comparable) software.
>
> I think it's a fair cop.  Take a look at lots of applications and
> imagine all the other meanings icons could have if you didn't know what
> they did and I think you'll get the gist.
>
>
> Rodd
>

My icons are blue or green, with a feint squiggle. If you squint at the
squiggle, you can decipher them.
Three feint squiggles in a row on dark blue means Writer.
Some faint box squiggles in a grid means Calc.