I don't think people necessarily associate shopping bags with paid apps. People using Android (Which uses a bag as it's icon) tend to get more free apps than paid ones. They still use the Market icon, which looks like a shopping bag. I very rarely see any Android users opening up the browser to go to the internet and look for some free .apks.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 18:40, gespert...@gmail.com <gespert...@gmail.com>wrote: > 2011/9/6 Eylem Koca <eylemk...@gmail.com>: > > How about putting the U with the downward arrow > > (http://ubuntuone.com/30SgZIkoCLbxKWGhS2CUpY) on the side of the bag? > > Don't. Please. > I pointed an alternative to show that it is possible to come up with > something different than a shopping bag in a simple, readable manner. > Stuffing this simpler idea on an already cluttered icon with serious > problems in small sizes won't help. > If the meaning of the bag alone isn't enough to communicate the idea, > then it's not matter of adding elements to the bag, but to think a > difference alternative. > Remember that an icon needs to be as clear as possible to communicate > its function in different sizes. Simplicity favours that. > I'm so against the bag icon not because I think commerce is bad. I'm > against it because shopping apps ISN'T the primary function of our > software centre. > Other appstores have a strong commercial presence with several > freebies. Our "store" is quite different: we have lots of free > applications and very few commercial ones. > This can change in the future, of course, but in the meantime, the > icon communicate "enter here to buy applications" when it's not the > case. > Without an explaination, people could dismiss that icon thinking "I > don't want to buy applications, I'll go to the internet and see where > I can get some free .exes" :-p > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Ian Santopietro *Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html* "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234
_______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp