I'm +1 for using text below icons, because these are not like standard icons that people are used to. Maybe you can let the user toggle the text on/off using a shortcut key. Also, because the size of these icons are small, they should not have any complex designs. You can have a look at Entypo[1] or Fontawesome[2] icon fonts for some inspiration.
Regarding the color scheme, I think it'd be better if you can follow a pastel-like color scheme. Diagrams would look easy on the eye when there are so many different kinds of elements in them. For this you can try Kuler[3] to find one of your choice. [1] http://www.entypo.com/ [2] http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/ [3] https://kuler.adobe.com/pastel-art-colors/ On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Chanaka Jayasena <[email protected]> wrote: > We had an internal discussion about the icons and designs. Plan is to get > the line art representation of the 1st and 4th concepts and draw the icons, > rather than using complex artwork. The icons will be grouped according to > what is used in ESB web console. These grouped icons will be differentiated > by the shape of the icon container, and the color of the icon.The text in > the icons will be kept since the repeating text below the icons should be > the description that the user is adding. Unfortunately my previous images > does not represent that idea. I am in the process of creating a new screen > to visualize the proposed concept. > > thanks, > Chanaka > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Samisa Abeysinghe <[email protected]>wrote: > >> So different colors is a good point as far as picking the difference >> goes. But they got to be noticeably different. >> >> The good thing about concept one is the clear imaging in there. So we >> need a combination of concept one and three where we could have clear >> imaging and clear color based differentiation to help pick the right one to >> match the need from the bunch of options available, while you are at the >> task of developing. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Kasun Indrasiri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> - We thought of including the text along with the icon, because all >>> mediators cannot be represented with just an icon. EIPs can be used for few >>> mediators, but not all mediators cannot be represented with EIP icons. And >>> the text below the icon can be anything (such as a comment) that user wants >>> to add (which will be saved as the sequence/mediation description in the >>> config). >>> - I prefer the icon shape as with concept-3 with a different color >>> scheme (and with out fancy colored icons inside) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Chanaka Jayasena <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Designing meaningful Icons for "Fault mediator" , "Aggregate Mediator" >>>> can be easy enough, but for complex synarios it will be hard to represent >>>> the idea and grasp the idea from the icon as well. From the users >>>> perspective when user tries to read a flow of elements, it will be easy for >>>> the user if there is a word attached to it where he can read it on the spot >>>> rather than try to find it by going through a documentation. I personally >>>> like the first one but the third one is more color contrasting, which adds >>>> one more plus point for the users to bind memories to associated color >>>> patterns of icons. One minus point in the third one I see is that, the text >>>> representation is bit inconsistent compared to the first one. >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Chanaka >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Isuru Perera <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Personally I don't like them .. they're going to be too complicated >>>>>> at the 50x50 type size they're in reality. Second, the words in the icons >>>>>> don't make sense IMO. >>>>> >>>>> Yes. >>>>> I think the words are not needed on icons. We just have to make sure >>>>> the icon is meaningful. >>>>> >>>>>> Third the colors seem too strong? Of course I'm color blind so my >>>>>> color choices are not one to bet on. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Isuru Perera >>>>> >>>>> Senior Software Engineer | WSO2, Inc. | http://wso2.com/ >>>>> Lean . Enterprise . 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