[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...