Symbol for wait: Pause or fast forward?

The Pixie
20 Apr 2021, 07:26

QuestJS currently uses the pause symbol for the WAIT command on the compass rose, but I am starting to wonder if that makes sense. WAIT causes the player to pause, but conversely makes the world speed forward.

What do you think?


K.V.
20 Apr 2021, 12:08

The pause button definitely threw me off the first time I saw it.

Using a fast-forward symbol makes more sense, but I don't know that it wouldn't be confusing, too.

I'll be darned if I can think of a symbol better than fast-forward, though. A clock would make me think of a TIME command. Zzz might make me think of a SLEEP command.

So, I'd vote for the fast-forward symbol, but only due to lack of better choices.


mrangel
20 Apr 2021, 12:26

My first thought would have been a ⏱️stopwatch.


Pertex
20 Apr 2021, 13:20

I would suggest an hourglass