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Decades ago when we made a version of our Win32 desktop app for the USA, we changed the icon on our settings button from a wrench to something else (I can't rem
by PlunderBunny 1y ago
Decades ago when we made a version of our Win32 desktop app for the USA, we changed the icon on our settings button from a wrench to something else (I can't remember what) because we were told that - for Americans - a wrench signified that something was broken and needed to be fixed. I guess it was about as good as all the other advice we got!
- JohnBooty 1y agoWow. As an American, I didn't know we had special feelings about wrenches!
- JdeBP 1y agoHeh! Your feelings are so strong that you don't even call a spanner a spanner because the word entered mainstream English (during the industrial revolution) after U.S.A. independence. (-:
- PlunderBunny 1y agoYeah, I didn't believe it at the time - it was just one of those overly broad generalisations people do.