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Dsearls: Added image of r-buttons in a browser.

2025-07-23T15:34:00Z

Added image of r-buttons in a browser.

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	For one example of how r-buttons might be used, see [[EmanciPay]], and [https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/category/r-button/ the r-button topic] at [https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/category/r-button/ the ProjectVRM blog].)		For one example of how r-buttons might be used, see [[EmanciPay]], and [https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/category/r-button/ the r-button topic] at [https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/category/r-button/ the ProjectVRM blog].)

			Here is how r-buttons might appear in a browser:

			[[Image:R-button_bothred.jpg]]

	The purpose of the r-button is to open and represent relationships that are two-way rather than one-way — VRM meeting CRM, for example — and for scaffolding relationships based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_contract freedom of contract] rather than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_form_contract standard-form] [http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Adhesion+Contract contracts of adhesion], which became defaulted as a mass-marketing norm in the Industrial Age, and leveraged further into ''pro forma'' dealings between companies and users in online markets. Adhesive contracts should be obsolete in a truly end-to-end and peer-to-peer marketplace, such as the Internet's protocols presume. R-buttons can help hasten that obsolescence while offering a new better way to represent relatings between equals.		The purpose of the r-button is to open and represent relationships that are two-way rather than one-way — VRM meeting CRM, for example — and for scaffolding relationships based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_contract freedom of contract] rather than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_form_contract standard-form] [http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Adhesion+Contract contracts of adhesion], which became defaulted as a mass-marketing norm in the Industrial Age, and leveraged further into ''pro forma'' dealings between companies and users in online markets. Adhesive contracts should be obsolete in a truly end-to-end and peer-to-peer marketplace, such as the Internet's protocols presume. R-buttons can help hasten that obsolescence while offering a new better way to represent relatings between equals.

Dsearls: text rewrite

2014-02-07T15:27:47Z

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	The r-button is a short name for a ''relationship button''~~. This button can be used to request, establish and maintain relationships between entities on~~ the ~~Web, including transactions. In~~ the ~~latter sense an r-button can also be seen~~ as ~~a pay button, but its functionalities are not limited to transaction. (For more about how it might work~~ in a ~~transactional context, see [[EmanciPay]]~~.)		The r-button (⊂⊃) is a short name for a ''relationship button'' (or buttons) that address the need for UI (user interface) elements representing the ability of two parties to relate as equals in a marketplace.

	~~The~~ r-button is being developed by the VRM community primarily to provide a means for individuals to express their interest in relating to vendors of goods and services -- on those individuals' terms, and not just those of the vendors. It can also be used by vendors to express interest in relating to individual customers on mutually agreeable terms.		Here is a sample grapical r-button design:

	~~The purpose of the r-button is to open and represent relationships are two-way rather than one-way. It is how VRM meets CRM, for the good of both~~.		[[Image:Icon4.gif]]

	The ~~r-button will open markets~~ to ~~countless opportunities that are locked out by~~ the lock-in approaches of traditional vendor-driven business relationships. In this old model, the vendor sets all the terms and conditions -- and in too many cases making only educated guesses at what customers actually want. With VRM, they'll know.		The two sides are meant to represent "magnets" facing each other and the equals (=) symbol.

	~~Here~~ is the ~~current basic r-button design:~~		The left (⊂) side is the first party's, and the right (⊃) side is the second party's. For individuals these represent the first and second grammatical persons. They also map well to commercial dealings, where the ⊂ + ⊃ roles are customer + vendor. (They can also represent person + person, citizen + government, member + organization). Since these buttons are also characters that can be typed, they have broader utility than they might if they were just graphic elements.

	~~[[Image:Icon4~~.~~gif]]~~

	~~The button combines reciprocal symbols for customer~~ and ~~vendor, each represented by "magnets" facing each other~~. ~~These could also be~~ the ~~horseshoe~~-~~shaped latch in a padlock or a bike lock~~. ~~Could be anything that means safety, privacy, respect and all of those within a relationship~~.		For one example of how r-buttons might be used, see [[EmanciPay]], and [https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/category/r-button/ the r-button topic] at [https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/category/r-button/ the ProjectVRM blog].)

	~~There will be smaller~~ and ~~simpler versions for use~~, for example, ~~on mobile devices~~ and in ~~browser location fields (where symbols for RSS~~ and ~~bookmarks now appear)~~.		The purpose of the r-button is to open and represent relationships that are two-way rather than one-way — VRM meeting CRM, for example — and for scaffolding relationships based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_contract freedom of contract] rather than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_form_contract standard-form] [http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Adhesion+Contract contracts of adhesion], which became defaulted as a mass-marketing norm in the Industrial Age, and leveraged further into ''pro forma'' dealings between companies and users in online markets. Adhesive contracts should be obsolete in a truly end-to-end and peer-to-peer marketplace, such as the Internet's protocols presume. R-buttons can help hasten that obsolescence while offering a new better way to represent relatings between equals.

Dsearls: Updated and simplified r-button page

2013-09-18T13:24:31Z

Updated and simplified r-button page

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Dsearls: /* Visuals */

2010-08-23T15:32:02Z

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	The r-button is two icons in one. Each represents a magnet. Both are open to and facing, each other. This shape symbolizes openness, choice, independence, equality and intentionality. The paired icons can appear in four ways, each expressing a different relationship state:		The r-button is two icons in one. Each represents a magnet. Both are open to and facing, each other. This shape symbolizes openness, choice, independence, equality and intentionality. The paired icons can appear in four ways, each expressing a different relationship state:

	1. ~~Looking~~ to ~~buy something or to pay for otherwise free goods~~:		1. Open to relating:

	[[Image:Relbutton_sm_left.jpg]]		[[Image:Relbutton_sm_left.jpg]]

	2. ~~Looking~~ to ~~sell something or~~ to ~~offer a service~~:		2. Open to relating to the customer on the customer's terms:

	[[Image:Relbutton_sm_right.jpg]]		[[Image:Relbutton_sm_right.jpg]]

	3. ~~In process of establishing a relationship~~:		3. Relating in some way:

	[[Image:Relbutton_sm.jpg]]		[[Image:Relbutton_sm.jpg]]

	~~4. Already in relationship:~~

	~~[[Image:Relbutton_sm_closed.jpg]]~~

	What makes these especially helpful and handy is that they give both sides all the virtues listed above. So, for example, when a vendor puts this symbol on a product or a site...		What makes these especially helpful and handy is that they give both sides all the virtues listed above. So, for example, when a vendor puts this symbol on a product or a site...
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	[[Image:Relbutton_sm_right.jpg]]		[[Image:Relbutton_sm_right.jpg]]

	... they're saying "We're ~~willing~~ to do business with you on ''your'' terms as well as ours."		... they're saying "We're open to doing business with you on ''your'' terms as well as ours."

	~~And, when the customer clicks on a closed button...~~

	~~[[Image:Relbutton_sm_closed.jpg]]~~

	~~... data from both sides can be brought in and displayed.~~

	~~That data can be anything pertaining to relationship history, intentionality, preference~~.~~.. it's wide open~~.		This has never been possible before. Nothing in graphical or coded Web conventions has said this.

	As we consider what the r-button represents both for actions and for state, it helps to bear in mind Don Norman's principles of design, listed in his landmark book, [http://www.jnd.org/books.html#33 The Design of Everyday Things]:		As we consider what the r-button represents both for actions and for state, it helps to bear in mind Don Norman's principles of design, listed in his landmark book, [http://www.jnd.org/books.html#33 The Design of Everyday Things]:
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	# Visibility. By looking, the user can tell the state of the device and the alternatives for action.		# Visibility. By looking, the user can tell the state of the device and the alternatives for action.
	# A good conceptual model. The designer provides a good conceptual model for the user, with consistency in the presentation of operations and results and a coherent, consistent system image.		# A good conceptual model. The designer provides a good conceptual model for the user, with consistency in the presentation of operations and results and a coherent, consistent system image.
	# Good mappings. It is possible to determine the relationships between actions and results, between controls and their effects, and between the system state and what is visible.		# Good mappings. It is possible to determine the relationships between actions and results, between controls and their effects, and between the system state and what is visible.

	== Basic Characteristics ==		== Basic Characteristics ==

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2010-01-28T20:10:48Z

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2009-12-01T08:19:03Z

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2009-11-30T05:42:02Z

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Dsearls at 19:50, 30 May 2009

2009-05-30T19:50:40Z

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	The r-button is a short name for a ''relationship button''. This button can be used to request, establish and maintain relationships between entities on the Web, including transactions. In the latter sense an r-button can also be seen as a pay button, but its functionalities are not limited to transaction. (For more about how it might work in a transactional context, see [[~~PayChoice~~]].)		The r-button is a short name for a ''relationship button''. This button can be used to request, establish and maintain relationships between entities on the Web, including transactions. In the latter sense an r-button can also be seen as a pay button, but its functionalities are not limited to transaction. (For more about how it might work in a transactional context, see [[EmanciPay]].)

	The r-button is being developed by the VRM community primarily to provide a means for individuals to express their interest in relating to vendors of goods and services -- on those individuals' terms, and not just those of the vendors. It can also be used by vendors to express interest in relating to individual customers on mutually agreeable terms.		The r-button is being developed by the VRM community primarily to provide a means for individuals to express their interest in relating to vendors of goods and services -- on those individuals' terms, and not just those of the vendors. It can also be used by vendors to express interest in relating to individual customers on mutually agreeable terms.

Khopper at 19:52, 4 February 2009

2009-02-04T19:52:34Z

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