Posted by David Segall on 01/21/96 11:37

Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote:

>Pondering the eternal question of "Hobnobs or Rich Tea?", David Segall
>finally proclaimed:
>
>> I have the usual flags to denote various languages
>...
>
>Stop right there. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/flags.html
Your argument (I assume you agree) is basically "Don't use icons
because they may be misunderstood and/or offend someone". It
contradicts a thirty year history in the development of user
interfaces but, of course, that does not mean that you are wrong.

[Back to original message]