[sugar] What does "undo" look like?

[msevior at physics.unimelb.edu.au]

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

There is also a "redo" on Write that is just the mirror image of this. I
think a new undo metaphor should have a corresponding "redo".

Cheers

Martin

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> On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:42 AM, Ken Ritchie wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> I love the dialogue and "thinking out loud" on this list!  Keep the
>> brainstorms coming.
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>> --ken
>> ;-)
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
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>> 30sec illustration attached (terrible, but you get the idea.)
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>> 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.
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>> *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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