(Adam, Trevor, and MUUG round table, I have added you to this discussion for you valuable input.)
My kids and I have been discussing proper icons to distinguish collapsible content on the web (specifically on one of my new mobile friendly/responsive web pages: http://matchomatics.com/index.php?country=canada&page=why-matchomatics).
Our discussions were for which icons identify the collapsible content behavior the best (arrows/chevrons vs +/-).
After much more web based research I think I will stick to '<' for collapsed and 'v' for expanded as using +/- icons can confuse users that this is as an 'add/remove' action.
And sorry Alex, I see only a small sampling of reference to an '^' arrow to show collapsed content.
Interesting to note that when using arrows the icon shows the 'current' state but when using +/- the icons show the 'action' state.
Don't you just love UI transitions, as in the 'hamburger' menu icon...
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