RE: Graphics to show speed

["Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com>]

Did I miss the part where + and - don't work? How about a bicycle and a jet
airplane? Why icons? How about the short words "Fast" and "Slow." Now, I
understand these may need to be translated for foreign versions of your
software, but consider that by inventing glyphs you are creating a
"language" with which your audience will be less than familiar, whereas they
presumably have a native tongue that will do the job just fine.

Cheers,

Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Swallow, William [SMTP:WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com]
> 
> 
> ::  I don't know how they would look in a Windows toolbar, but on 
> ::  my father's lawnmower, they used the tortoise and the hare 
> ::  (one like the running rabbit in the Visual Quickstart books) to 
> ::  denote speed settings. Those two images seem to be easily 
> ::  identifiable. I don't know if they would be understandable for 
> ::  other cultures, but most people are familiar with the story.
> 

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