Is there a reason why KiCad doesn't use the standard save icon, i.e. a floppy disk? I think basically every piece of software I have used has the floppy disk save icon and it might help with the arrow situation.
Cheers, Michael On 9 January 2018 at 17:42, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/9/2018 12:05 PM, Rene Pöschl wrote: > > On 09/01/18 16:50, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > >> I'm with Jose on the arrows. If we are going to use them, please don't > >> make the all different colors. I don't see how a blue left arrow versus > >> a magenta right arrow conveys any meaning to the user. > >> > > > > I like the idea of coloring them differently. For me this will give an > > additional way to distinguish the buttons. (Some of them have only the > > direction of the arrow as a difference. Which is easily overlooked.) I > > hope having different colors will make it easier for my brain to > > remember which button does what. (I can't tell you how often i clicked > > load symbol instead of update symbol while working on the reorganization > > of the official lib.) > > What information does the different color arrow convey? If you are > using different colors for contrast, that is one thing but just making > them different colors for informational purposes doesn't make any sense > to me. If you are trying convey information with different color > buttons, what is the impact on users who are color blind. > > > > > Maybe there is a better way to communicate differences but if buttons > > look as similar as a lot of them currently do, adding differentiating > > colors might help. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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