#9419: Some icon meanings may not scale internationally ------------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: mks | Owner: stippi Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: R1 Component: User Interface | Version: R1/alpha4.1 Resolution: | Keywords: icon, HVIF Blocked By: | Blocking: Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All ------------------------------+------------------------- Changes (by kallisti5): * keywords: icon => icon, HVIF * owner: nobody => stippi * component: Applications/BootManager => User Interface Old description: > This issue to to keep track of icons that may not scale internationally. > > For example, the "boot" icon for boot manager looks nice, but is totally > non-suggestive in most languages other than English, because it is the > iconification of a homonym (I think) that's not existent in other > languages. > > The icon ''might'' even be offensive in some parts of the world. Not sure > about this, but see e. g. > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2008/dec/15/georgebush-iraq > > Perhaps the guidelines of other projects can help, e. g. > http://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3.5/icons-design.html > > All in all, I am not sure if this is really a problem at all, but I > thought, I'd share my thoughts about it. Feel free to close or whatever. New description: This issue is to keep track of icons that may not scale internationally. For example, the "boot" icon for boot manager looks nice, but is totally non-suggestive in most languages other than English, because it is the iconification of a homonym (I think) that's not existent in other languages. The icon ''might'' even be offensive in some parts of the world. Not sure about this, but see e. g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2008/dec/15 /georgebush-iraq Perhaps the guidelines of other projects can help, e. g. http://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3.5/icons-design.html -- -- Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/9419#comment:10> Haiku <http://dev.haiku-os.org> Haiku - the operating system.