abstract images or words that express a physical meaning, process or concept but are distinct from what they represent.
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7answers
735 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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14
votes
3answers
320 views
Tags or hashtags?
I have a website at www.flickwit.com. I would like to introduce tags to allow users to search for content more specifically than channels. I have been wondering which option would be more acceptable ...
9
votes
8answers
549 views
How can I distinguish two different types of buttons, without using labels everywhere?
I'm developing an application to count traffic at intersections. There will be two different types of buttons:
one to count trucks ("lkw" is the german abbreviation for a truck)
one to count cars ...
9
votes
1answer
470 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 ...
8
votes
5answers
1k views
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 ...
7
votes
4answers
460 views
Is there a well known ASCII character meaning “edit”?
When working with a UI that relies more on text than on icons it's common to find + to mean Add, - to mean Delete/Remove and X for Close (or also Delete/Remove). But is there a common character ...
7
votes
5answers
728 views
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 ...
5
votes
5answers
707 views
Are these religious icons clear enough without supplementary labels?
Given this UI (in HTML), do I need to put texts beneath the large images, or is the small image displayed in the lists enough to make the connection?
Conclusion
The client has signed off on the ...
5
votes
3answers
385 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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4
votes
3answers
235 views
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. ...
3
votes
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 ...
3
votes
3answers
112 views
Indicating A Document Has Been Drawn On
Imagine layed out in front of you is a large board with little white pieces of paper representing the cover pages of system files on them. You are shown a title, and a modification date. How might ...
3
votes
1answer
100 views
What are factors in the Visual Design of a Language? [closed]
Just to be clear, I'm talking about something like typography, though in most cases typography relates to the redesigning of a set of symbols, not the designing of a set of symbols.
I'm guessing that ...
2
votes
4answers
294 views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
159 views
How to convey the notion of urgency and impact via symbols and/or ux
I'm creating an interface for help desk solution where users must define an urgency and impact for the case they are creating.
I thought about a slider like this Smiley Slider but the smiley doesn't ...
2
votes
2answers
157 views
What's a good symbol set for buttons to expand and contract parts of a hierarchy?
The Mac Finder, in hierarchy view, uses a triangle, or arrow, facing right to indicate not-expanded, down to indicate expanded folder. It could be considered counterintuitive because it points to the ...
2
votes
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 ...
1
vote
5answers
325 views
Which “Like” symbol to use?
The "Like" button has quite possibly become one of the most clicked buttons on the internet through social networks, but if you are also using a symbol, which is the best to use? Facebook and Youtube ...
1
vote
1answer
148 views
What's a typeable symbol to indicate “starts with” in a filter field?
I am building a custom data grid control. The users do a lot of sorting and filtering. I want them to be able to do this with only the keyboard. Currently they can filter columns by typing in the ...
1
vote
1answer
214 views
What's the default rotate symbol for iOs?
What's the default rotate symbol for iOs?
Is it the second icon in this Instagram iPhone app screenshot? It doesn't look like a rotate symbol to me (more like a back or undo button).
1
vote
2answers
1k views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
180 views
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 ...
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 ...
0
votes
3answers
60 views
What symbols should be used for OCR and facial recognition actions? [closed]
What symbols should be used for OCR and facial recognition actions?
I think that I can use camera symbol for the face recognition,
but have no idea what I can use for OCR...
0
votes
4answers
727 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 ...
0
votes
0answers
61 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
70 views
What would be an appropriate icon for “browse”? [closed]
What would be an appropriate icon for browsing different pieces of content by their category?
-1
votes
5answers
397 views
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'.
-2
votes
1answer
59 views
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.
-2
votes
1answer
57 views
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 ...
