Re: Fwd: Universal Access icon
Calum Benson <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnome.themes,gmane.comp.gnome.documentation |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <1220537341.2782.5.camel@nevada> |
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 08:47 -0500, Shaun McCance wrote: > Also (and this isn't really a documentation-related thing), isn't the > wheelchair insignia universally recognized for this? Is it > really a good idea to switch to something that doesn't have > a clear link to accessibility? The wheelchair is a commonly-used symbol, but AIUI it's not all that popular within some parts of the accessibility community itself, where it's considered to symbolise mobility impairments only. (I guess Apple saw it the same way, they also use the 'universal man' as their Universal Access symbol-- a term that we might want to consider adopting ourselves.) Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[email protected] GNOME Desktop Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems