Eben, I've taken your suggestion on the globe, but making the speedlines thicker didn't look right. End result is attached. I'll try it tonight and see how it looks. And I did manage to find the style guide for Sugar icons. I won't promise to follow them religiously, since the other two icons I made seem fine to me, but at least I know what they are.
Thanks, James Simmons On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Eben Eliason<[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Jim Simmons<[email protected]> wrote: >> Eben and Tony: >> >> I like your design, but if I decide to go with something like that I >> think my Inkscape skills are good enough to duplicate it. I think >> Tony makes some really good points though, so what I think I'll do is >> go with my own (Gary Martin inspired) design with the speed lines for >> now. I was not so much concerned that kids wouldn't know what speed >> lines are as I was that what I had drawn would be recognizable as >> speed lines. And apparently they are. > > Sure, no problem! I'd definitely recommend trying the "filled" browse > icon in your design, since it appears you are using lines that are > much narrower than the style guidelines permit (3.5 for primary > stroke, 2.25 for secondary strokes). The speed lines, likewise, should > probably be bumped up a little bit to 2.25. > >> I should have release 2 of this Activity ready in a few days. The new >> one will have multiline table cells for long titles or lists of >> authors, a progress bar to indicate download progress, and the ability >> to choose between DJVU and PDF as a download format. This last >> feature is to accommodate .82 users which have a Read Activity that >> does not support DJVU well. > > Awesome. > > Eben > >> Thanks to everyone who commented or tried to come up with designs. >> >> James Simmons >> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Eben Eliason<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Here's my two cents. (see attached) >>> >>> I like the use of the browse icon, but I've found that rendering it as >>> a fill, rather than a stroke, works far better at small sizes. While I >>> like the stack of books, I'm afraid it doesn't read clearly at first >>> glance. I decided to try stamping the internet logo on the cover of >>> the book, almost like it's an atlas of the internet archive, both to >>> conserve space and to simplify a bit. >>> >>> I'll pull together a proper Sugarized SVG if it's desired. >>> >>> Eben >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> I like the icon of the browser on the open book >>>> To me it says: get a book from the internet >>>> >>>> Unlike the other suggestions, it can be interpreted without any prior >>>> knowledge, because it builds on the Browse and book reader icons which >>>> have their meaning defined within Sugar by these Activities. >>>> >>>> The motion lines require the reader to know this comic strip convention >>>> but the icon can be interpreted without understanding the motion lines. >>>> >>>> For third world kids, card catalogues will not work, I doubt they have >>>> seen a lot of hard bound books or bookshelves either. Mostly I think they >>>> use cheaper staple bound books. >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyforster1/3420467967/ >>>> photo, cheap staple bound textbooks, Peru >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyforster1/3676084455/ >>>> photo, single room school, Peru. No card catalogues, hard bound books or >>>> bookshelves in sight. (There was however a PC which they hid under the >>>> white cloth to the left, presuming that tourists would not want modern >>>> artefacts in their photos. As a missionary school, I expect it is better >>>> funded than a government school) >>>> >>>> Tony >> >
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