[Trac #918] A "bad" Undo icon in Abiword

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#918: A "bad" Undo icon in Abiword
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 Reporter:  gcarrier  |        Owner:  uwog   
     Type:  task      |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  low       |    Milestone:  BTest-3
Component:  abiword   |   Resolution:         
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Comment (by AlbertCahalan):

 Replying to [ticket:918 gcarrier]:
 > As I've seen on the public Wiki through the explanation of the webcam
 logo, the OLPC project work on removing the European-culture-based
 symbols.
 >
 > The 'Undo' icon in Abiword is a curved arrow from the right to the left.
 As we read from left to right, it evokes us a move backwards. But for
 people whose language is written from right to left, it isn't easy to get
 what this icon is (anyway, even if I'm European, I think it's not
 intuitive).
 >
 > I have no solution to propose, or maybe an arrow from the bottom to the
 top, but it's not convincing.

 No, you don't remove European-culture-based symbols any more than you'd
 remove English support. The European-culture-based symbols are quite
 correct throughout most of the world. Symbols need to be localized. You
 can use an upward arrow in East Asia and a rightward arrow in the Middle
 East. The leftward arrow is correct everywhere else.

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