Re: NPR story on medicine labeling

[<neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>]

Susan Hogarth writes:
> I for one find the trend to iconization disturbing. Half the
> time I can't figure out icons unless they are paired with words -
> which, increasingly, they are not.

Does anyone know if a requirement for translated or multilingual documentation can be met by the substitution of icons, paired with the removal of anything in English?

I try to *test* the documentation I write, especially if I think that it's intended for use, rather than merely being an item on a bureaucratic check-list. These icons cannot possibly have been tested on an appropriate audience under appropriate circumstances. "Conserve oxygen by not farting," indeed!

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