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From: richards@eng.auburn.edu (Eric J. Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Thing ICON
Keywords: wanted - graphical representation for generic objects
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Date: 25 Jun 91 16:19:22 GMT
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A thing icon... something you're not sure what it is.  How about
using an object that is an optical illusion (like that three-peg
thing you see).  It can't exist, and you don't know what it is.
Augmented with a question mark, it definitely can make you ask
"What is this thing?"

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