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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An icon that represents “End Game” in iPhone app [closed]
I'm stumped. I would like to have an icon in the toolbar that represents "End Game". My app is a scorekeeping app, and when the user wants to end the game and start with a fresh scoreboard, they would ...
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Best image to convey 'Request Support'?
I'm working on a web application, one part of it has a table showing all the accounts a user has on a service, and allows them to click a button to request support with the account.
The icon is ...
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Is it acceptable to implement abbreviated elements and will users know what they mean?
More websites are including icons and visual elements over text allowing for more space and cleaner design. Elements like social icons (FB, Twitter), views, likes, favorite, comments, etc don't ...
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Icon/Symbol to Represent “Done”? [closed]
I have a quiz-based application where users can leaf between questions and select answers. When they're done, there's a "done" button they click.
I don't really have polished graphics skills, so I ...
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What's an in between for a big red X and a big green check mark? [closed]
I'm trying to find ideas for a good, iconic, or not so iconic but still works, in between of a big red X and a green check mark.
The context is in a feedback popup to a short 3 - 5 question quiz that ...
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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 ...
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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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What's the best way to differentiate Users from Groups of Users using icons? [closed]
Think admin panels.
I am using an icon with 2 persons (like ) to indicate the "user management" section of an app I'm developing.
However, client has asked me to enable group creation (as in being ...
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Icon for internal search vs web (google) search [closed]
I'm designing a book reader, where I need to search functions: Search inside the book, and search on Google.
How do I differentiate the icons without using Google's logo?
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Good image to represent “Publishers” [closed]
I'm looking for a symbol or image to represent publishers. In most situations it will include the text "publishers", but nonetheless I would like the symbol to make some link.
The best that I can ...
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Which symbol to use for switching to the english version of a site? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to graphically represent a language
We are currently in the process of introducing an English version of a website which used to be just German.
Current version of ...
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Do visual metaphors get outdated? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Save icon, is the floppy disk icon dead?
When designing UI, metaphors are important aspects, no doubt to that. But I often come across when picking the right metaphor is ...
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What is better better for the main buttons: icons or text? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When to use icons vs. icons with text vs. just text links?
I'm currently making a ticket system, but I don't know what would be better, icons for the main buttons or ...
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Icon for Active (open) document/record [closed]
I am working on creating an icon that depicts active/inactive state.
On this system the user will be working with a number of people records. There is a list with various peoples names and an ...
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Where does one look for and what should one look for in hiring an icon designer? [closed]
I've got a small app I wrote, which is open source. I'd like to put a nice looking icon on the app; one that isn't going to be used by every other program on the face of the earth for being a stock ...
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Icon for suspend and reinstate user for admin use [closed]
There is a list of user in a Gridview and there is a column for each row to suspend and reinstate a suspended user. What should be a good icon for this ?
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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 ...
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What kind of iconography or image could be used to denote Beginner vs. Expert users? [closed]
I'm looking to segment users to either go down a path where there is a wizard-like UI that walks the user through a process. The alternative is a path for advanced users who are already familiar with ...
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How should icon views (eg. file managers) handle multiple selections?
Some interfaces, such as file managers, contain icon views where several icons can be selected at once. What is the most usable way(s) to select multiple icons and why?
I can think of a few ways:
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Is there any good idiom for 'real time' or 'live' data? [duplicate]
The floppy disk is a good idiom for 'save', is there any good one for 'real time' or 'live' data?
I haven't found much on the interweb:
'fast text', this is meant for IM
A LOT of clocks in ...
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Should Social Media Icons Hold Present Color Value? [duplicate]
When designing a website should social media icons keep their established color value or can they be restyled to associate with your website's theme?
Can changing the icon colors impact the user?
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Need to learn the right way to use fonts colors on my site? [closed]
I want to learn web design to make good-looking websites. I have learned CSS, JavaScript, HTML quite well. But I need to be able to choose the right fonts, colors, backgrounds, images, etc. I want to ...
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Is there an established way of representing Single Sign On with an icon? [closed]
I'm wracking my brains trying to think of representing Single Sign On iconographically. Is there a common way this is done?
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Icon resembling “History” [closed]
I wrote a application for smart phones (it'll be opensource, so no money involved in case you mind) which displays historic events which happend today some years ago, in other words, you would call ...
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Icon for “title” and “subtitle” [closed]
I am creating a template for TV programme details. For each programme, I have a title and a subtitle. Instead of writing "Title" and "Subtitle" in full, I was thinking of using an icon.
What icon ...
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Should an iPad app icon have a border?
We are currently working on the iPad app icon for SalesChamp, an iPad application for sales professionals, and we don't know whether we should put a border around the app icon or not.
This is the ...
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What is the standard icon for “smartphone” and "old-fashioned phone? [closed]
I want to use icons to represent whether you got an smartphone or just an old-fashioned phone in a web form.
What icons may be recognized by all people for this?
Ps. I can use a tooltip.
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Appropriate icon for: Activate [closed]
In an application were developing there is a window containing a table holding 2-5 rows.
A metaphor for the context could be that the table identifies a gearbox of a car and each row is a gear in the ...
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How should I denote that one price has been replaced with different one?
I'm working on some retail software, for trade use. It lists a catalogue of items and the prices that the retailer should be selling them for.
Occasionally, however, the retail price in the system ...
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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 ...
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Are there any commonly used icons that don't internationalize well? [closed]
I am a UX designer for a software company, and our product has been translated for the following:
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Romanian
Japanese
Chinese
Are there any icons that are commonly used ...
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What symbol(s) best represent the action of “connecting”? [closed]
What symbol(s) best represent the action of "connecting"? I need an icon that represents a "connection" - specifically, a connection between people.
Let's say there is a button to "connect" with ...
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What would be an intuitive icon for expectations? [closed]
Orders in my application can have expectations of the customer associated with the order. For example a customer may expect a certain dresscode, he'd expect a follow-up call and so on. The seller will ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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visually distinguish favorite items and wishlist items [closed]
So I have a list which is a mix of "wishlist" locations that a user wants to visit and "favorite" locations that a user has visited and liked. (physical locations e.g. restaurants, coffee shops, bars)
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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 ...
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funnel or checklist icon [closed]
I am looking for an icon to act as filter button (which on click will show a box with the filter options)
So I've seen a couple of results on google for filter icon and I've only seen by now funnels ...
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Icons for “Resources” or “Assets” and “Services” [closed]
I've been trying to brainstorm on this and look around but haven't come up with anything great yet. I need two icons. One that indicates "resources" or "assets" and another for "services".
The ...
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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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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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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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Android Gingerbread GUI Template and standard icons [closed]
I need to design app for Android Gingerbread. Where i can download design assets and standart icons for it (menu, action bar e.t.c)? I tried to search but hardly have found anything, except Teehan+Lax ...
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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 ...
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What is the connection between rainbow shell and sharing in Dropbox [closed]
I have been wondering that what is the connection between the Sharing in the dropbox and Rainbow shell. I know that Rainbow shell is the name of Dropbox 1.0 release, but what does it symbolizes with ...
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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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What would be an appropriate icon for “browse”? [closed]
What would be an appropriate icon for browsing different pieces of content by their category?
