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From: dave@msb.com (Dave Lockwood)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Thing Icon
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.160450.2981@msb.com>
Date: 23 Jun 91 16:04:50 GMT
References: <1991Jun19.162618.0807@MEMPHIS.wif.ctt.bellcore.com>
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Sometimes an icon, like a word, can gain meaning from context.  If, for
example, you had icons for "person" and "place" next to it, the "thing" icon
could be just about any_thing_ and be understandable, provided the other icons
were easily comprehensible for their role in the application.

Perhaps if we knew more about the application, we could find a more appropriate
icon.

Otherwise, the original suggestion of a hand coming out of an open box is just
as good as any other.
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