Mea Culpa - I was wrong

[Ethan Blanton]

Charliep spake unto us the following wisdom:
> My entire point here is that there is no need to design these icons - the
> work has already been done by Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc. If you believe the icons
> designed by these companies are confusing, please consider that users are
> already familiar with these icons. For new users who are already familiar
> with these icons, changing them will be MORE confusing.

How do the protocol icons indicate status?  Are you proposing removing
functionality?  You said that it would be "simple" to design protocol
icons which also indicated status.

Ethan

-- 
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws [that have no remedy
for evils].  They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor
determined to commit crimes.
		-- Cesare Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishments", 1764
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