As the normal is edit is there really a need of a pencil icon as opposed to just having the magnifying glass on gerbview as its only a viewer?
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/6/2016 3:20 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: >> Dear All, >> few years have passed since the last main Kicad icon restyling. In my >> opinion, the current icons are serving us quite well except for very few >> which could use a little face lift. >> >> The few icons that make me particularly itchy are the main Kicad icons >> for which this very imposing pencil does not play very well. I know that >> some of your really want a pencil to suggest that those tools are for >> editing. The truth is that now a days icons can be a little more subtle. >> >> I'd like to propose these new set of icons for the main KiCad toolbar. >> Please let me know what you think and please if there is anybody who >> wants to help out please, now is the moment. >> >> Cheers >> Fabrizio >> > > Fabrizio, > > The symbol library editor bitmap is too generic. We have two library > editors, a symbol library editor and a footprint library editor. Your > proposed symbol library editor icon is ambiguous (it just an icon for a > library metaphor). If it had a symbol such as and op-amp superimposed > over the top of the books, that may be more clear. I may also need some > edit metaphor (such as the pencil in the current icon) as well because > it could be confused as library viewer rather than and editor. Although > our current icon is also ambiguous. It looks like you are going to open > a text editor. > > Your footprint library editor icon could be confusing as well. Most PCB > layout users are familiar with the concept of component footprints. > It's what they do. The human footprint may be more familiar to > non-technical users but I don't think that is relevant for KiCad users. > There is also no edit metaphor. Perhaps you should use your symbol > library editor icon with a component footprint and some edit metaphor > (pencil?) superimposed over top of it for the footprint library editor icon. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
