An image or pictogram used instead of or supplemental to textual information. Icon requests are off topic; please keep questions related to their use rather than asking what a good icon to represent a certain item/concept would be.
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“Tool” or “target” on vacuum cleaner pedal?
I always get confused by the icons on my vacuum cleaner pedal.
Take a look at the upper icon.
Is that icon representing
1) The tool. I.e. "Your now using the pedal without the brush" (ergo, on a ...
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3answers
121 views
Any ideas for a 'Today' icon? [closed]
I'm working on an app at the moment. I'm trying to replace the text with icons to allow easier transition to international markets.
One icon I'm struggling with is a 'today'. I've thought about a ...
5
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2answers
133 views
Icons and colors on menus
I wonder when (if at all) it is appropriate to use icons next to menu entries (drop down menus, right click contextual menus etc).
I have noticed that pretty much all of the menus I have seen only ...
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3answers
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“Out of stock” and “In Stock Again” indication [closed]
I've been asked to design something to indicate when an item is "out of stock" and "in stock again" and I really don't want to use "cross" and "tick"...
Do you guys have any ideas?
A quick note:
...
3
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2answers
152 views
What happened to the animated taskbar icons?
I know that there are good reasons to abandon animated icons in a taskbar UI-wise. But good reasons never kept people from doing stupid stuff: So why are there no animated taskbar icons at all ...
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3answers
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How do I mark a package download if the individual items (within the package) are listed beside it?
We are having a dilemma and I thought to ask the experts.
We offer video, xml and package (< video plus XML) downloads.
If the user downloads the video, a green marker appears showing that it has ...
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0answers
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Places Icons similar like Yelp [closed]
Hi i am wondering where can i find places icons similar like this:
These are places icons such as local business, shopping, food and etc. I am looking for commercial or free versions. Thanks
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3answers
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Is Apple's or Google's meaning of the three-horizontal-bar icon more popular?
Apple and Google are going head-to-head to define meaning of the three-horizontal-bars icon:
In iOS this icon means "drag me to rearrange items in a list" while Google Chrome's version means "click ...
2
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3answers
173 views
Small icon: incoming vs outgoing
Up to now we use the following ascii art to show the difference in our mail/ticket system:
--> means "incoming"
<-- means "outgoing"
But some users complain, that it is not immediately clear ...
3
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2answers
108 views
What should a toggle switch do when using a multi-select?
When an item in a list has one of two possible states, how should the toggle switch behave when items have been selected that have different states?
Neither action is dangerous, but it may act on ...
1
vote
1answer
65 views
iOS 'Append' Symbol/Icon [closed]
I am working on a calculator app for iOS. I would like to know what an acceptable 'Append' symbol / Icon would be - would it be a downward pointing arrow? A curved arrow?
Anything helps,
Erway ...
9
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6answers
597 views
Colliding icon meanings
In the interests of fitting in with design guidelines and not wanting to endlessly push icon pixels, I try and use Android's1 built-in icons as much as possible. Occasionally, that means combining ...
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2answers
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Symbols to represent dynamic items
This problem is not new to me.
An user can have multiple interests, so he will check some items that is presented to him. For this example. Ten items of interest.
So he will mark as interested in ...
4
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4answers
212 views
User navigation icons or text based
I am working on a web based hosted CRM personal project which I will release to public ones it is done. My goal is to create a CRM with absolutely zero to none learning or training requirement. To do ...
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2answers
1k views
Do iOS / WP users recognize the Android share icon?
I've been assigned the task to add an icon / CTA to enable users to invite people to our application from their contact list.
Due to width restriction, especially with localization, one of the ...
3
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2answers
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position of lens icon in auto suggest field
Can some one suggest which is the best place for keeping lens icon for auto suggest/ auto complete field from usability point of view? I have seen most of the sites keeping it on the right side of the ...
4
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2answers
93 views
'Liking' Sensitive Events on Social Media: Contextual Icons and Words for Approval/Agreement
Prompted by recent events. The use of a Like icon (whether thumbs up or otherwise) is fine on social media for lots of things, but certain subjects and events should not be "liked" or use such a ...
5
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4answers
208 views
Is there any value in using “irrelevant” icons
I'm currently wireframing/"UXing" and doing the front-end dev work on the rebuild of a reasonably big intranet app with lots of data in various sections. To make things easier for the users to pick ...
0
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2answers
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Different ways to show photo being selected with tag
I am trying to do a UI that show a photo (or box) being selected and tagged. For example:
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles/59549/projects/3012199/8c0a114a08fa35bfbb0e6bc32936a525.jpg
Original ...
0
votes
2answers
143 views
Table user readability/clarity
I've got a table that displays data to users. Each line of data can have a report attached to it. The 2nd cell in the table is used to show users if there is a report present, if there is you get an ...
5
votes
4answers
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Finding a set of stock icons that match existing icons [closed]
We have a web application with a dozen or so icons for various functions. The icons were provided by a web design company during a redesign of the site two years ago. The company no longer exists.
We ...
3
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4answers
158 views
appropriate international icon for “deals” [closed]
We (like so many other startups) are developing an iPhone app that contains a "local deals" tab. (Discounts on meals at restaurants, etc.) I am trying to figure out what would be the best icon to use ...
0
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0answers
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What icon can I use to represent “Attention” that is neither an exclamation mark or star? [closed]
I need to draw attention to a tab in certain use cases. What icon in a tab can I use to represent "Attention", and the icon is neither an exclamation mark, star, or asterisk?
On our site, I am ...
0
votes
1answer
132 views
What's a good metaphor for code? [closed]
I'm playing with a user interface, with options like "preview", "view code", "drag and drop" and the such, and am creating icons for them.
What would have the meaning of "code"? I was thinking ...
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1answer
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Suggestions for icons for windows applications [closed]
I would appreciate if anybody could give me suggestion to create icons for Preview, Advisor, Settings, Reports, Report a Problem.
Please keep in mind all these icons are for a print application for ...
2
votes
3answers
217 views
Good icon for configurable products [closed]
I have an eshop that has configurable products, what icon would be best suited for marking the products that have configuration in the category listing.
My curent choice is this:
0
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2answers
212 views
Need an icon to represent a “Certification Authority” [closed]
I'm (desperately) looking for an icon to represent a Certification Authority, like the ones that sign X.509 certificates we use in secure e-commerce.
I need something which is concrete (not an ...
3
votes
2answers
176 views
Do icons need to be consistent across different themes?
I have to do some themes for this mobile app I am designing, the problems is after I sent the first preview of the themes to the client he came back saying that he wants different icons for each ...
6
votes
4answers
206 views
How can I avoid placing a legend on top of the table to tell the user what each icon means?
You can see an example here:
As you can see, I am stuck with having to tell the user what each icon means. I also mention what a functionality does, such as "Click on a feature to filter out ...
6
votes
4answers
306 views
How do I communicate the absence of settings?
A table in our web application contains items where one column specifies whether the item has a policy bound to it or not.
This column can display three different states:
Has policy : ACTIVE
Has ...
2
votes
4answers
566 views
Icon for ascending-descending sort [closed]
I'm trying to come up with two icons to represent ascending-descending sort order which would allow the user to sort the members ('bars') of a chart/visualization.
The control will be a toggle ...
7
votes
9answers
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Do many spinners on a page look good?
Our engineers are making some changes to our RESTful service calls, so on one page we are making many calls to get different contents through different AJAX calls to fetch small amounts of data, ...
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4answers
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When are shadowless icons preferred over shadowed icons?
My question is when, if ever, a shadowless version of an icon is preferred over the shadowed version.
By shadowed I mean the tiny, almost imperceptible little black gaussian blur below the icon.
I ...
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vote
2answers
176 views
What is the origin / meaning of the icon used for “database”?
I've never really understood what this icon, that looks like an oil drum
and is commonly used to refer to a database, is actually supposed to represent.
What is it?
As a matter of fact, I've ...
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15answers
3k views
Where could I find some free/commerical stock icon packs? [closed]
What are some free/commercial stock icon sets?
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1answer
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CRM Icons for 'Leads, contacts and accounts' [closed]
This is a fairly straightforward question. I'm trying to grab icons for a CRM application.
These icons are related to people and companies. Now a person could be an existing 'Contact' and a company ...
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1answer
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Standard icon for Purge operations [closed]
I have a purge operation which clears some resources in an application. Currently the icon is a broom but I am not sure about it.
Is there any standard conventions for a purge icon? Or popular ...
2
votes
1answer
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Travel Info Related Icons
I have developed an Android App and have chosen the icons as shown below. I am not quite sure if everyone can understand these icons and their relevance. Is there any way I can make them more ...
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0answers
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Icons improve usability? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When to use icons vs. icons with text vs. just text links?
Using icons can help improve usability by providing a visual look making it more clear to the user as to what ...
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2answers
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List icon vs menu icon
As of Ice Cream Sandwich, the new standard icon for menus is three vertically aligned squares as such:
Before that, the menu expansion was three horizontal lines like this, but without the ...
4
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2answers
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Opens in a new window icon placement
When using an icon to represent a link I believe the standard convention is [icon] [Link].
A colleague has raised the point that for links that open in a new window, the icon should appear after the ...
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0answers
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Need icons for SQL datatypes [closed]
I'm looking for icons which could be used to visually represent the various datatypes of SQL Server (for a nice db-doco). Is such a thing out there somewhere (commercially or public domain) or would I ...
2
votes
3answers
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How to make icons representing users differentiable when users do not have the same role/importance
Consider the administration part of a web application.
I want to display the list of all users, with a hierarchical structure like this:
admin 1
- sub admin 1
- sub admin 2
- simple user 1
- ...
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votes
8answers
1k views
What would be a good way to thumbnail audio?
I want to represent an audio file in an image with a maximum size of 180×180 pixels.
I have been thinking about something similar to what Soundcloud does, although it will require some chopping and ...
0
votes
0answers
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How to convey the idea of cause and objective? [closed]
I want to convey the idea of a Cause (Cancer Walk or Fishing Trip) and Objective (Walk 10 Miles or Buy Bait). I'm having a tough time finding a suitable icon/visual representation that can represent ...
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votes
22answers
3k views
What would be a good non-religious icon to represent that a person has died? [closed]
I have an application that displays information about people in an organization and their accomplishments in the organization. It is non-religious in nature and members can be of any or no religion. ...
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vote
1answer
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What is jqueryUI trying to represent with their new search icon?
JqueryUI seems to have a new site design. They seem to have opted for unusual icon for their search box.
Viewing the source yeilds:
/* Font Awesome uses the Unicode Private Use Area (PUA) to ...
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votes
2answers
2k views
icon system for network connectivity? [closed]
I'm working on a business app that will have an offline mode and I'm curious what would be a good icon system to use as a status icon for the user? Since its a mobile app I was thinking of something ...
0
votes
1answer
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How should you represent a short Unordered list
I have a list of exactly 2 steps a user can follow either the first or the second can be completed first, both have to be completed for the next action to occur.
I have large circular icons which ...
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vote
2answers
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What design should I use to represent multi-touch video controls?
I am creating app for multitouch devices which has big screen (22 inches and more). It would be application for presenting content (mainly video content) to people who would be passed through the room ...
