never noticed that. that's quite funny when you point that out. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Mirek M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2012/3/6 Andrew Pullins <[email protected]> > > > I like your Line idea Mirek to switch the underline to a > > under/over/through/double through/double under line drop down. how hard > > would it be to just go with the different letters. I know it would be > best > > just to have one icon for all language's but it makes most sense to have > > the different letters. > > > > Right now, the tango icon set doesn't use the letters and nobody's > complaining. > > There are several problems with translatable icon sets: > - You have to do a lot of work to translate every icon into the multitude > of languages that LibO supports, and to check that they fit in with the UI > in every language. > - They're inconsistent -- only some icons are translated. For example, > "Super-script" and "sub-script" icons use letters, but they'd be hard to > translate. "Increase font size" and "Decrease font size" also tend to not > be translated. > - Once you get used to reading icons, icons with the same letter (like "C" > for cross-through or color) get confusing. There aren't many duplicates in > English, but that might not be true for all our supported languages. > - Using different letters creates words. I noticed this in my Citrus UI > mockups -- "B" for bold, "I" for Italic, "L" for Line, "C" for color, and > "H" for highlight put next to each other make me read it as "bilch", which > is quite close to an English swear. > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Mirek M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 2012/3/5 Bhaavan Merchant <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Shouldn't Bold, Italics, Underline shift to *B* , *I* *,* and *U* > > instead > > > > of using A? Analytically, it will appeal to users more, and it will > be > > > > easier to grasp. Visual cues are difficult to notice immediately. > > > > > > > > > > If we did this, we would have to translate these icons for every > language > > > supported by LibreOffice. We would also have to translate icons such as > > > "highlight", "font color", etc. There would also be problem areas like > > > superscript or subscript, for which it is hard to pick the right > letters. > > > > > > Overall, it's just easier and more consistent to go with international > > > symbols. > > > > > > > -- > > > > Bhaavan Merchant > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > > > > Problems? > > > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > > Posting guidelines + more: > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot > be > > > > deleted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > > Problems? > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > Posting guidelines + more: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > > deleted > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
