Share icon
A share icon is a
The Open Share Icon (or Shareaholic icon)[5] is designed to help users easily identify shareable content. The icon aims to convey the act of sharing visually by representing one hand passing an object to another hand, while also representing an eye meaning "look at this." The icon was designed by the company Shareaholic, and made available under a Creative Commons share-alike license, with the restriction that "clear attribution and a hyperlink back to this page in a prominent location".[5]
The Open Share Icon is supported by Ken Rossi (creator of the widely used
Rightward arrow icon
Facebook uses a share icon showing an arrow pointing up and then right.
The "share" button on Facebook covers several ways of sending the content with optional privacy settings to others. The "shares" button can generate more non-fans, and can result in fewer fans on a public Facebook page as a “brake effect of viral reach". The algorithmic content ranking on Facebook might decrease the fan reach in response to the notable increase in nonfan reach. Therefore, the "share" button may have a higher impact on content ranking than the previous "page like" button.[9]
YouTube uses a similar icon.
Upward arrow icon
Apple's products use an icon showing a box with an upward arrow.[10] This icon is used on several Apple products:
- In iWork.com.
- In Mobile Safari, to show a menu of options: "Add Bookmark," "Add to Home Screen," "Mail Link to this Page," and "Print."
- In , and trim options
Twitter shows a similar icon next to each tweet. This opens a menu with three options: Send via Direct Message, Add Tweet to Bookmarks, or Copy link to Tweet.
See also
- Feed icon
- Like button
References
- ^ "Share Icon". Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ "Share Icon Project – An icon to represent 'sharing': posting to social sites, sending by e-mail, etc". Shareicons.com. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ "Share Icon Project – An icon to represent 'sharing': posting to social sites, sending by e-mail, etc". Shareicons.com via Internet Archive. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- ^ "Font Awesome". GitHub. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ^ "Compete.com Traffic Profile". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ "Mozilla Add-ons Directory". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ "Mozilla Bug #504711". Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- PMID 34152280.
- ^ "iWork – iWork.com News – Using iWork.com On Your iPad". Apple. April 30, 2010. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2012.