Totally true Wayne, that is why I think we should talk about this and kind of find the best solution that kind of satisfy all. Currently we have 4 icons and all 4 have a pen. just a bit weird. "A pen in the icon equal its an editor" is an easy association but not really needed. The icon of github edit Atom is a green atom. Once you lean about the editor it is not really needed a pen in its icon because you know that Atom is not a viewer but an editor.
I think you are reasonable in wanting a pen but I also think that it is not needed. fabrizio On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a fair question that I'm not sure I can answer. Can we > reasonably assume that the user expects the default action to be edit as > opposed to view or any other action? I just don't know. I do know that > icons should be reasonable (which is always subject to interpretation) > metaphors for the action they represent. In this case the metaphors are > edit a symbol library and edit a footprint library. > > On 7/6/2016 6:10 AM, Simon Wells wrote: > > 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 >
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