This is not a cultural thing but a language thing.

1) Chains have links, you are not showing a chain but a link in a chain 2) Padlocks mean something else, they are to protect, keep out and to lock

The padlock could mean 'don't let me change this object keep it padlocked' where as the chain link would mean 'I want to link like a chain'

I don't know what other languages and cultures would use but we've never had problems enforcing our own ideas of symbolism on the rest of the world why stop now.

Best Regards, Martin Owens

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:45:24 -0400 , "bulia byak" <buliabyak@...400...> wrote:

On 3/15/06, Aaron Spike <aaron@...749...> wrote:

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In our three icons sets we have three different depictions of link and unlink for edit_clone and edit_unlink_clone. The legacy set features a yellow line. The new crispy set features a padlock. And David's set features a chain.

Hmm, I think I like the chain better, too.

-- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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