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In general, using your own symbol forms for interactions rather than taking advantage of people’s existing mental models is a bad idea. Even straying from known libraries is shaky unless you’re a competent enough designer to understand what specific parts of a visual symbol signify that specific idea/action, and to whom. From a usability perspective, you’re much better off not using a symbol at all than using the wrong one.


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