On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Jonathan Marsh <[email protected]> wrote:
> My initial impression was that it would be very difficult to comprehend > and distinguish such a breadth of icons if they are all the same shape and > color scheme, and differ only in the interior graphics which are pretty > tiny in all cases. > > > > So +1 to a limited number of categories to help classify different basic > types, and representing them in different colors and/or shapes. > +1, we need to categorize, also why do we stick to square type icons and try to put everything into that ? Why not have icons with different shapes (of cause meaningful shapes), like funnels, pipes etc, so collectively it will make much more scene. > > > Also, for the complexity of these icons, why are we trying to squeeze them > into such a tiny space? Can you really tell at a glance what each of these > steps and the whole sequence are trying to accomplish? > > > > There are some other very cool ways we could push this to the next level, > for instance place the icons on a isometric 3d (ala sim-city) type grid, or > have the flows represented by arcs instead of simple linear arrows, or > adding steps causes an animated restructuring of the flow similar to what > you see in https://code.google.com/p/gource/, or having icons grow as you > hover over them like the mac launcher bar… > +1, on hover zooming the icon is a standard practice, we can even stick a tool tip on hover, which will add more context. Regards, /Nuwan > > > -Jonathan > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Srinath Perera > *Sent:* Monday, August 05, 2013 3:37 AM > *To:* architecture > *Subject:* Re: [Architecture] Developer-Studio Icons > > > > I prefer Concept 4, basically to draw the idea in EIP icon style (simple > lines, but too detail picture). > > > > Kasun, Chanaka and myself was chatting. I think we need to group icons by > type (e.g. filters, conditions, transform, do external call ). We can use > the same grouping we have in palettes, and then all icons have same look > and feel. > > > > Some thoughts on concepts > > > > Log, BAM - stethoscope > > Aggregation, Clone, Iterate - EIP aggregator Icon, EIP splitter Icon, EIP > splitter Icon, > > Event - EIP pub/sub icon > > Drop, router - EIP routing diagram > > Filter - funnel > > Header, Property > > OAuth, Entitlement > > XSLT, PayloadFactory, Smook > > Class, Command - "{java}" > > Call, Callout - EIP request, replay Icon > > router - EIP Icon > > > > _______________________________________________ > Architecture mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture > > -- *Thanks & Regards, Nuwan Bandara Technical Lead; **WSO2 Inc. * *lean . enterprise . middleware | http://wso2.com * *blog : http://nuwanbando.com; email: [email protected]; phone: +94 11 763 9629 * <http://www.nuwanbando.com/>
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