ISO IEC 18036:2003 pdf download – Information technology — Icon symbols and functions for World Wide Web browser toolbars.
1 Scope ISO/IEC 18036 applies to icons that are shown on a computer screen, that users can manipulate and interact with, and that represent data or computer system functions. ISO/IEC 18036 describes user interaction with and the appearance of World Wide Web toolbar icons on the screen. Other forms of icons are covered in ISO/IEC 11581 (all parts). This International Standard defines a consistent set of icons and related functions that are presented by World Wide Web browser applications on a computer screen and that users interact with to control such applications. These toolbar icons typically represent actions by association with objects in the real world and conventional controls on hardware, and that prompt the user to recall the intended actions. This International Standard provides a consistent set of controls for such functions as: Back, Forward, Refresh, Home, Search, Print and Stop. 2 Conformance A World Wide Web browser conforms to ISO/IEC 18036 if the applicable browser toolbar icons available to the user in the application conform to subclause 5.1 of this International Standard and Clause 5 and subclause 6.1 of ISO/IEC 11581-1:2000. An application is not required to implement all of the actions in ISO/IEC 18036 to be conformant. However, if it implements an action as specified in this International Standard, the relevant icon and its meaning should be conformant as specified here. An application may choose to implement additional icons and remain conformant, providing that they are for actions not addressed in this International Standard and that those icons do not conflict with the icons specified in this International Standard. 3 Normative references Information technology — Icon symbols and functions for World Wide Web browser toolbars The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. ISO/IEC 11581-1:2000, Information technology — User system interfaces and symbols — Icon symbols and functions — Part 1: Icons — General ISO/IEC 11581-2:2000, Information technology — User system interfaces and symbols — Icon symbols and functions — Part 2: Object icons ISO/IEC 11581-6:1999, Information technology — User system interfaces and symbols — Icon symbols and functions — Part 6: Action icons
5.1.2 Arrangement Related World Wide Web browser toolbar icons shall be grouped together. The elements of these groups shall be arranged together in rows, columns or boxes. 5.1.3 Selection Selection of an action icon shall be made by indicating with the pointer and activating the associated input device (e.g. clicking a mouse button). 5.1.4 Visual feedback There shall be a clear visual discriminability between World Wide Web browser toolbar icons that represent available and unavailable functions. There shall be visual feedback when a function has been invoked via a World Wide Web browser toolbar icon. There shall also be visual feedback that indicates the status of the action. The visual feedback to the user from activated action icons shall be consistent and logical.
ISO IEC 18036:2003 pdf download – Information technology — Icon symbols and functions for World Wide Web browser toolbars
