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Using a skull-and-crossbones image as a "danger" icon is a bad idea,
IMO.
The conventional use of this symbol is to identify a poisonous material.
This
certainly connotes dangerous (potentially fatal danger, in fact), but it
is
much more specific than a generic danger.
BTW, symbols used in this way are more properly termed "glyphs" rather
than "icons".
Fred Ridder
f -dot- ridder -at- dialogic -dot- com
Senior Technical Writer
Dialogic Corporation
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt Ion [SMTP:soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM]
>Sent: Friday, May 02, 1997 7:14 AM
>Subject: Re: Icons
>
>On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 15:30:44 -0500, Rob Marriage wrote:
>
>>Also, I couldn't find a definition for "danger" in the context I'm using.
>>Does
>>that mean that "caution" covers "danger"?
>
>How about a skull-and-crossbones icon?
>
>
>
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