- From: Chris Pratley <chrispr@MICROSOFT.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 23:40:06 -0700
- To: "'Asmus Freytag'" <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>, www-international@w3.org
When I was growing up in Montreal, my teachers with an English background used it to mean "correct", and my teachers with a French background used it to mean "incorrect". So it might be recognized, but the interpretation definitely varies. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Asmus Freytag [mailto:asmusf@ix.netcom.com] Sent: June 24, 2000 1:07 PM To: www-international@w3.org Subject: Re: How universal is a check mark? At 04:28 PM 6/23/00 -0700, Andrea Vine wrote: >All, >For an icon, is a check mark recognized world-wide, or is it culture-specific? >Thanks for any info, >Andrea It's pretty much non-universal, except perhaps as 'learned' icon via badly translated software or manuals. A./
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