What are the advantages and disadvantages of a pictogram?
advantages:
Universally understandable - crossing language and culture boundariesDeliver clear messages with minimal detailEasy to readReduce the amount of control elements that clutter up user interfacesThere's an international standard for some pictograms - making these particular pictograms carry very specific and unchangeable meanings
disadvantages:
Rely heavily on context - can easily lose meaning when out of contextThe amount of new ones has created immense diversity where before there was core simplicityCan be confusing when not enough detail and/or too many pictograms are grouped together
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