[sugar] FW: Touchpad XO
Alan Kay
alan.kay
Fri Apr 6 10:04:36 EDT 2007
Just curious (and I may have missed this
suggestion), but why not just use colors for the
two buttons? These are quite apparent, work in translation, etc.
Cheers,
Alan
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At 06:50 AM 4/6/2007, Xavier Alvarez wrote:
>How about two closed hands (fists) with either the index or thumbs projecting?
>The index, afaik, is universally regarded as the
>pointing finger/device, while the thumb is used
>a lot when 'tapping' on the buttons. In some
>places it's common to use the middle finger as the pointer, but... ;)
>By representing both hands, you don't need to
>read to understand or differentiate them and
>there's very little associated meaning with the
>symbols used -- they are not abstract symbols.
>And can be used to teach left/right concept :)
>BTW, what about lefties? I don't think they
>should be discriminated against by using the
>'alternative' symbol for clicking... imho, they
>should both be as 'neutral' as possible, without
>denoting any 'preference' or 'abstract sequence'
>in which one is before the other.
>
>Cheers,Xavier
>
>On Thursday 05 April 2007 14:35, Eben Eliason
>wrote:EE> > FYI
we are adding this.EE>EE> While
>I really like the idea of labeling these buttons
>toEE> prevent ambiguity, myself and the
>Pentagram folks who haveEE> spent much time with
>the UI feel that overloading the ideaEE> of the
>X button in particular might not be a wise
>choice.EE>EE> We already have an 'X' icon on the
>keyboard where the esc keyEE> sits.
>Additionally, the interface has been set up such
>thatEE> 'check' and 'X' icons appear in 'OK' and
>'cancel' buttonsEE> respectively, and in other
>places where positive andEE> negative
>confirmation is needed as well. Putting an 'X'
>iconEE> on the left mouse button could lead to
>its interpretation asEE> the 'cancel' button,
>when in fact it is the primary buttonEE> and the
>one that would be used to click on the
>confirming EE> 'check' button.EE>EE> Though I
>like the idea of using the X and O - since
>theEE> machine is an XO, after all - I think
>that the confusionEE> this could cause is a
>bigger issue than cute button labels. EE> I
>don't propose to have a better solution at
>present, but IEE> do want to spur discussion
>about possible solutions to thisEE>
>dilemma. Perhaps we can find better icons for
>the buttons,EE> or perhaps we can find other
>solutions within the UI, but IEE> think leaving
>the hardware and software at odds will only EE>
>confuse matters.EE>EE> I look forward to hearing
>everyone's thoughts. Thanks!EE>EE> - EbenEE>
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