[eruleman]

I've noticed that lots of appliances now use the On/Off power symbol to mean start/stop the appliance, not cutting off power.

Stuff like coffee makers etc. It's weird.

[graypegg]

I have actually seen the diamond "start" symbol [0] on ONE consumer-ish appliance! It was an office coffee machine at my old job, big green membrane IEC start button.

These symbols are ubiquitous on industrial kit (and in your car, surprisingly enough), it's kind of a shame they are barely used at all else where. There's a pretty wide vocabulary of symbols.

[0] https://www.iso.org/obp/ui#iec:grs:60417:5104

[aargh_aargh]

You've never used one of these?

https://duckduckgo.com/?ia=images&iax=images&q=photocopier+s...

[TeMPOraL]

Photocopiers? Yeah, I saw that symbol on some of them. But then even some of the image results show that manufacturers of photocopiers and printers, particularly targeting general consumer market, let their designers get creative with the shapes, colors and labels on the buttons.

[graypegg]

A bit snarky, but yes, I've used a photocopier. I guess the shape of the symbol of the start button on the photocopiers I used slipped my mind.

[JohnFen]

I always thought that was a quirk of photocopier manufacturers. It stuck in my mind because the symbol makes no sense to me.

I didn't realize it was an actual standard. Still doesn't mean the symbol makes any sense, but hey, at least it's a standard.