[Tango-artists] idea for missing mail-send icon

[André Rüdiger]

On 1/10/07, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2007, at 1:03 AM, André Rüdiger wrote:
> > ...
> > I previously noticed that the mail-send icon is missing in tango.
> > Today I came across the Correo mail client and thought it has a nice
> > mail-send metaphor [1]. It's a letter sliding through the slot of a
> > mail box. What do you think?
> > ...
>
> Mailboxes should be avoided in icons, because they vary greatly in
> appearance between countries (and sometimes even within countries).
>
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Hi Matthew,

thx for your comment.

The Correo icon is pretty abstract IMHO. Is having the mailbox
metaphor worse then having no icon for at all?

Are there other ideas for a mail-send metaphor?

Thanks,
André