[sugar] What does "undo" look like?

[Takaaki Okada]

Just for your reference, this is what we currently have for the write  
activity.

Takaaki


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On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:42 AM, Ken Ritchie wrote:

> Nice illustration! I'd like this one to pop up to remind me to set  
> my analog clocks back ("fall back...") when "daylight savings" time  
> ends.  ;-)    I wonder if Doctor Who might have some idea?
>
> I love the dialogue and "thinking out loud" on this list!  Keep the  
> brainstorms coming.
>
> --ken
> ;-)
>
> On 3/27/07, Mel Chua < metamel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What if it referred not to going backwards in writing,
> > but backwards in time (counterclockwise) - overlay the
> > arrow on an analog clock face?
>
> Nice idea.  Do clocks run clockwise everywhere in the world?  I think
> clockwise-running clocks are pervasive enough that it may be safe to
> make that association.
>
> 30sec illustration attached (terrible, but you get the idea.)
>
> The "clockwise" convention was developed because that's how  
> sundials worked in the Northern hemisphere - unsure whether  
> "counterclockwise" clocks exist aside from joke shoppes, but I'm  
> willing to bet that clockwise clocks are more prevalent than LTR  
> writing systems if this is actually a worry. The clock makes the  
> icon significantly more complex, although it resolves a lot of the  
> {stylistic*, meaning} ambiguity of the "usual" undo. As Ka-Ping  
> said, this might just turn out to be a non-issue. Or it might be  
> one of those cool subtle touches that spreads to other places.
>
> *at least I haven't seen two "undo" icons that look much alike - as  
> opposed to the immediately recognizable "back," "forward" "close-X"  
> "email" etc. icons, but maybe that's just me.
>
> -Mel
>
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