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What unicode symbol should I use for EDIT?
I'm trying to keep a very light payload on a wordpress plugin I'm writing.
Users will be able to:
add - +
refresh - ⟳
edit
I'm thinking of using the pencil glyph: ✎, but I'm not sure about it. ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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Appropriate Icon for a Subscribe or Subscription [closed]
What would be an appropriate Icon that could be used for Subscribe or Subscription. A subscription meaning; where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service.
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1answer
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Which icon to use for location button? [closed]
We're a supermarket chain with more than 500 stores. The find stores function in our smartphone app (Android/iPhone) should have a button for finding stores near the user's current location. The ...
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1answer
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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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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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5answers
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What symbol to use to represent feedback
When reading Which "Like" symbol is best to use I suddenly realised that the UX community may be able to help me solve a little problem:
I'm working on a site which has just gone in to Beta and as ...
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4answers
715 views
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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0answers
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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?
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2answers
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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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5answers
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Which icon in a native iPhone app's footer menu bar resembles 'sign-in'? [closed]
I'm looking for an icon that will live in an iPhone's footer menu bar that resembled 'sign-in'.
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1answer
274 views
What is an icon or symbol that denotes 'automatic'? [closed]
What is an icon or symbol that denotes 'automatic' ?
More details:
Working on an application where there will be a list of bills, some with an actionable button inline that says 'Pay', and others are ...
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5answers
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Appropriate icon for “change” [closed]
I would like to change an icon symbolizing change with something more appropriate. Currently the icon is a star. After giving it some thought I realized that I didn't have a good concept of what ...
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4answers
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Icon meaning 'requested/allocated'? [closed]
We're looking to get an icon that will convey the meanings of both 'requested' and 'allocated' for our website.
The system is an e-learning service, and the icon is intended to be part of a series of ...
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3answers
384 views
What is the reason behind the + sign/icons with buttons?
I have seen few high profile site which use + sign/icons for buttons, while other don't.
Does any body know what is the reason behind using sign with buttons, should i use signs/icons with buttons?
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1answer
469 views
What's a good alternative to flags for depicting internationalisation as an option?
Are flags a bad idea?
In various comments on How to design a multi-language website?, several designers voiced their concern for the use of flags as a symbol to represent language switching on a ...
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7answers
730 views
Most intuitive favorite icon [closed]
Similar to Stefan's most intuitive delete icon question.
I'm designing a web app that allows users favorite pages. A lot of big sites use either a heart or star symbol -Which one is most intuitive?
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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 ...
