Visual Language for the World Wide Web

Linking the hieroglyphs of ancient Mayan and Sumerian culture with icons on the modern computer interface, this book shows that human visual communication has come full circle from the earliest representations. Honeywill's in-depth analysis demonstrates how ancient visual languages now serve as a rich source for renewed study for the development of meaningful computer icons.

Introduction

7

(6)

Learning from the Past to Inform the Present: Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

13

(26)

Overall Reading Order of a Complete Maya Text

18

(1)

Verb First in the Maya Sentence Structure

19

(1)

Verb First within Computer Syntax

20

(2)

Individual Hieroglyphs and Computer Icons

22

(2)

Reusing Hieroglyph and Computer Icon Elements

24

(2)

Organising Maya Hieroglyphs into Three Distinct Categories

26

(2)

Representational Hieroglyphs

28

(3)

Phonetic Hieroglyphs

31

(3)

Maya Hieroglyphs which use a Mixture of Representational and Phonetic Elements

34

(2)

Conclusion

36

(3)

Simple Words and Visual Metaphors

39

(20)

Partial Writing Systems

45

(2)

Isotype

47

(5)

Standardising Symbols (ISO)

52

(3)

Base Lexical Icon Elements

55

(3)

Conclusion

58

(1)

Designing Icons for the Graphical User Interface

59

(26)

Visual Reading Order within a Compound Icon

61

(3)

Conflict, Contrast or Harmony within a Compound Icon

64

(5)

Using Space within a Compound Icon

69

(5)

Using Type within a Compound Icon

74

(6)

Reusing an Icon Element within a Compound

80

(3)

Conclusion

83

(2)

Computer Compound Icons and their Families

85

(28)

Consistent Use of Symbols

88

(2)

Case Studies

90

(1)

Marine Security Limited

91

(5)

The First Element: Background Circle

93

(1)

The Second Element: M

93

(1)

The Third Element: Underlining the M

94

(1)

The Fourth Element: S

95

(1)

Print and Publish Belize

96

(1)

Changing a Letterform into a Symbol Element

97

(3)

Computer Compound Icons and their Families

100

(11)

Conclusion

111

(2)

Evaluating Representative and Abstract Computer Compound Icons

113

(22)

The ABC's of Graphic Symbols

115

(10)

The ARC Interface

125

(3)

ARC Evaluation

128

(4)

Returned Data from the Report Logs

132

(2)

Conclusion

134

(1)

Navigating Interfaces

135

(48)

User Goals and Sub-goals

135

(17)

Interfaces that use Real World Metaphors

152

(12)

Icons from around the World

164

(17)

Africa

166

(2)

Asia

168

(3)

Australasia

171

(2)

Europe

173

(2)

Europe - United Kingdom

175

(1)

North America excluding USA

175

(3)

United States of America

178

(2)

South America

180

(1)

Conclusion

181

(2)

Bibliography

183

(6)

Index

189

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Visual Language for the World Wide Web

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