+1 in favor of removing icons (agree with all of Heith's arguments) and adding some kind of delimiter between them for visual separation. I think it actually will look more compact and clearer than what we have now.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:04 AM, heith seewald <[email protected]> wrote: > I would vote in favor of removing the icons for the following reasons: > > 1) Because we have more tools than available icons, their meaning becomes > ambiguous and make them less effective. > > 2) New icons are required for newly created tools, meaning we would need > to use an existing icon, or design a new icon with a consistent look and > feel. > > 3) If we keep the icons, we'd probably want to update them for hi-dpi > screens. > > 4) While I agree they add character to the site, I think "less is more" in > this case. Removing the icons would draw the eye to the content rather than > the toolbar -- resulting in a higher signal-to-noise. > > One way of giving a feel of consistency and visual appeal is the use of > color. > Here is a modern example of color being used to group elements > https://elements.polymer-project.org > > Any thoughts about that? > > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Dave Brondsema <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > tl;dr Should we remove the tool icons from the project nav bar? > > > > I've been working with Heith on > > https://forge-allura.apache.org/p/allura/tickets/7920/ (and 7919) for a > > quick > > easy way to edit tools via the toolbar. How the tools icons show up > > during edit > > mode is one aspect of that. It might be easier to just remove them. > > > > I don't have a real strong opinion on keeping or removing the icons. I > > think > > they do provide some value, but are inconsistent, dated, and limited > (e.g. > > no > > icon for Activity so we just use the "gears" icon). If we remove them, > > Allura > > would look a little bit more modern. But then you start to realize how > > much > > boring gray we have covering the whole page. If we did remove them, I'd > > suggest > > a small delimiter between them not unlike the SourceForge theme of Allura > > (example: https://sourceforge.net/p/coils/news/) > > > > We also show tool icons on the Tool Admin page (which we'll probably > remove > > after the toolbar admin mode is done) and the Add Project page. > > > > Thoughts, pros, cons? > > > > -- > > Dave Brondsema : [email protected] > > http://www.brondsema.net : personal > > http://www.splike.com : programming > > <>< > > >
