[cap-talk] Firefox and identifiability, small steps or large

Ian G iang at systemics.com
Thu Feb 10 09:52:00 EST 2005


marcs wrote:

>While I agree that an icon-only system might be unsatisfactory, there's more
>than one way to skin this cat. One of the ideas I have been inspired to
>think about (Ken Kahn got me started thinking about this, I don't remember
>how), was to assign faces to the identities. You could start with faces like
>pirates, scientists, bankers, priests, etc., and edit them with mustaches,
>freckles, sunglasses. For creating representations of trust relationships,
>it would be really entertaining, and perhaps instructive, to experiment with
>such mechanisms to allow users to create such icons, which could be very
>expressive.
>  
>

That definately works.  If one thinks of the
smiley space, this is something that would
sell.  Definately!  Inspired!

iang

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