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Which is the most appropriate icon for user responsibilities?
In Windows the standard is an icon with multiple people on it like this from http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/49347/64/group_people_users_icon. I love this. How about something like this?
Which is higher an administrator account or a user account?
An administrator account has higher-level permissions than a standard user account, which means that an administrator account owner can perform tasks on your computer that a standard user account owner cannot. Standard user account credentials allow a user to do things that affect only his or her account, including:
What’s the best way to use an icon?
Don’t steer of course and stick to the original meaning, you’ll find yourself with a very good icon that is universally understandable and a new confidence that you created something that the world can benefit from… — Or sell out and use a Windows icon.
What’s the best way to evaluate an icon?
There are several techniques for evaluating icon designs, and which one you use will depend on your goals and on your stage of design. The methods can be separated into 2 main categories: out-of-context and in-context testing, depending on whether the icon is shown to the user in isolation or in the context of the actual interface.
What is the purpose of usability testing of icons?
Users presented with an icon must guess what that icon symbolizes. In some ways, this is the icon version of a Rorschach inkblot test. The purpose of this test is to make sure that icons are recognizable, and that people can easily deduce the object that it depicts.
What are the different types of icon testing?
The methods can be separated into 2 main categories: out-of-context and in-context testing, depending on whether the icon is shown to the user in isolation or in the context of the actual interface. More importantly, however, is choosing a method based on what you need to learn in order to move forward with your design confidently.