Oh well...

[Roberto H. Alsina]

On Sun, Nov 17 2002 at 02:26:39pm +0100, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Sunday 17 November 2002 11:00, Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> > BTW the shell is good for computer geeks - no (windows) user is familar
> > with "shell" for konsole. And the symbol only works for english language.
> > it does not make a good association in german (except a petrol company).
> 
> Yes, I thought the seashell in the konsole icon was a well known bug (it would 
> make a great example in a textbook on international icon design) and it 
> surprises me that it hasn't been taken care of in the new icons.

Even if you don´t know the zoological meaning of shell, pretty much
everywhere the word shell is associated with that valve. So you only
need to know shell in the "command shell" meaning to do the link.
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