I have put together 2 treatments of icons for the Sidebar collection
icons. The goal is to plop them into 2 different builds and test them
with users.
+ On top is a rounded "tongue" that slides out upon rollover.
+ Below is a highlight treatment which creates a "checkbox" area on
the left and highlights the entire row with the "color of the calendar".
On the left: the collection - row is selected (with or without focus,
the collection icon will look the same).
On the right: the collection - row is not selected.
Issues that needed to be addressed:
+ Need a way to display collection-specific icons, so that users can
differentiate between People-based, Project-based, Date-based
collections, just to name a few.
+ Rollover effect is too subtle and some users I tested didn't notice
it or understand it to be "separate" from clicking on the row
+ Need to tie the various states together (Un-checked, Rollover,
Checked, etc) better, so that they're clearly related.
Mimi
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