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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Will the icons be updated for KDE 3?
From:       Matthias Posseldt <matthi () gmx ! li>
Date:       2001-12-04 20:27:21
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On Tuesday 04 December 2001 10:37, Klas Kalass wrote:
[...]
> >
> > Theres a more funamental problem with any icons using letters - they
> > make little sense in other languages. What does 'E' mean in languages
> > other than English? Probably very little.
>
> While this is true almost always , this could be a case where it doesn't
> hold true. At least in Germany we call "E-Mail" "E-Mail". So the problem
> is that one needs to know the meaning of "Mail" to successfully make the
> association with the envelope.
> I can imagine that unexperienced people think of e-mail as messages
> written on a piece of paper, not necessarily as mails (and therefore
> envelope). But I don't have a better idea either.
> And then there is the argument that most people might know Outlook and
> are likely to understand a similar icon.

I don't know Outlook's icon. But I suggest using a nicely stylish drawn '@' 
in front of an envelope ... Or simply doesn't change it at all ;-)

Ciao, Matthias

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