<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Eben Eliason <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eben.eliason@gmail.com">eben.eliason@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Eben Eliason <<a href="mailto:eben.eliason@gmail.com">eben.eliason@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Kevin Cole <<a href="mailto:dc.loco@gmail.com">dc.loco@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:45, Eben Eliason <<a href="mailto:eben.eliason@gmail.com">eben.eliason@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> I'd strongly recommend against eliminating the XO as the core element<br>
>>> of the UI. It was chosen specifically to represent children, and to<br>
>>> maintain the human/body metaphors where appropriate. Substituting it<br>
>>> with anything other than a human likeness would be counterproductive,<br>
>>> I fear.<br>
>><br>
>> Is it possible to "split the difference"? It seems to me that by<br>
>> adding "wings" of a sort to the XO figure, you'd be able to<br>
>> approximate something that still looks human, yet also looks like a<br>
>> sugar glider -- or a kid with a hang glider. Clearly related to the<br>
>> original, but like the Red Bull commercials say "Sugar gives you<br>
>> wings!" ;-)<br>
><br>
> I don't think so. That misses the point, which is that the children<br>
> themselves—not flying squirrels, however cute ;) —are represented as a<br>
<br>
</div>My apologies extend to the marsupials, should I have offended them<br>
with my ignorance. =)<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Then again...</div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><a href="http://www.wearyourbeer.com/images/Mario_Tanooki_Brown_Shirt.jpg">http://www.wearyourbeer.com/images/Mario_Tanooki_Brown_Shirt.jpg</a><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><a href="http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/wherethewildthingsare.jpg">http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/wherethewildthingsare.jpg</a><br>
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