Re: HTML icon set was: Additions to the CGI archive
guenther.fischer@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de (Guenther Fischer)
From: guenther.fischer@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de (Guenther Fischer)
Message-id: <9401061341.AA01648@flash1.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Subject: Re: HTML icon set was: Additions to the CGI archive
To: nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 14:41:01 +0100 (MET)
Cc: www-talk@dxcern.cern.ch
In-reply-to: <26782.9401061306@cblelca.cbl.leeds.ac.uk> from "nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk" at Jan 6, 94 01:06:46 pm
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> Apart from images such as those above which are used in documents
> that are generated on the fly, there are a lot of other images
> which are used as navigation icons in authored or converted documents,
> e.g. next page, previous page, up group, index, contents, information/help,
> home page, get code, mail author, audio link, movie link, etc.
>
> In some cases these icons are well designed (e.g. GNN) but for those
> of us lacking artistic flair it would be better to have a set of
> standard icons that could also become part of the HTML+ spec.
>
> This will reduce the amount of traffic and give a more consistent look
> and feel to HTML documents. Of course nobody will be obliged to use them.
>
> So if anyone is designing an HTML icon set (is anyone doing that?)
> I think it would be a good idea to consider this larger set.
>
Yeah - thats what I want to say - you have the better english words :-).
What says the author of the HTML+ draft and the WWW gurus. A signal from
there could help to initiate first steps.
~Guenther
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