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Computer icon
A computer icon is a pictogram displayed on a computer screen and used to navigate a computer system or mobile device. The icon itself is a small picture or symbol serving as a quick, intuitive representation of a software tool, function or a data file accessible on the system. It functions as an...
designed to help users easily identify shareable content. Introduced by Shareaholic
Shareaholic
Shareaholic is a browser extension that works with Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Flock. It provides shortcut access to different social networking and sharing sites including support for web-based emails.- External links :**...
and hence also often referred to as the "Shareaholic Icon", this icon is available for use by others under the Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Users must include clear attribution and a hyperlink back to the project and should make sure to read and understand the Usage Guidelines of the icon in its entirety.
Design Notes
The Open Share icon conveys the act of sharing by visually representing one hand passing an object to another hand, as in "pass it on" or "sharing". The icon also represents an "eye", as in "look at this".Project Support
The Open Share Icon is supported by - Ken Rossi (creator of the widely used OPML icons), Bruce McKenzie (GeoTag icons), and is used by hundreds of websites and applications including SmugMugSmugmug
SmugMug is a paid digital photo sharing website.- History :Chris MacAskill and Don MacAskill started the original company to build a new video game-oriented web service in February 2002. By August 2002, though, their focus shifted...
(over 2 million users ), NetworkWorld, Shareaholic
Shareaholic
Shareaholic is a browser extension that works with Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Flock. It provides shortcut access to different social networking and sharing sites including support for web-based emails.- External links :**...
(over 2,000,000 downloads ), the Mozilla Add-ons Directory, Wikia
Wikia
Wikia is a free web hosting service for wikis . It is normally free of charge for readers and editors, deriving most of its income from advertising, and publishes all user-provided text under copyleft licenses. Wikia hosts several hundred thousand wikis using the open-source wiki software MediaWiki...
, Weather Underground, Princeton University, and Google.