[power-pro] Re: AlansPPiconsABv4-David Modded3.jpg

[Alan Martin]

I hope nobody here would invent a new email persona
who happens to say in his first message exactly what
the inventor wanted.
Surely nobody here would bother with such a low
dishonest manipulation, hoping to bend a poll.

So it must be a coincidence that "Brian Marcotte"
whose first message here said:
B> I initially voted for set B but after viewing David Troesch's
B> modified set A I find I prefer that over set B. In particular
B> I especially like the bug with the D for the Debug icons and
B> the script S and word Script for scripts icons.

happens to have an email address from an ISP based in Atlanta
- of all places in the world, the same town as David Troesch !

And, also like David, he believes that, because David pasted
a couple of things into set A, that is a good reason to change
one's vote in the Poll.

So I'd better explain to David and the new "Brian Marcotte":

It's best to choose between the sets based on their general appearance.
The same symbols could be added to any of the sets.
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David Troesch
D> Ok, just to throw a wrench into the current vote...I've taken
D> Alan's jpg picture, and added some tweaks to several of the icons.

D> Not sure what the V or check mark is for...with a description
D> of what those are for, maybe I could add some tweaks to those.

D> I think the A set now needs a recount on the vote =) I'd think
D> there would be more than just me voting for it now! =)

D> Or...if the vote is going for the blue because people like
D> the non-green stuff I'm sure I could tweak my additions to
D> fit with the other sets. (although I think the set A is
D> low on the totem atm because of it's pale complexion ;)

Obviously your upload doesn't "throw a wrench into the current vote".

Do you really imagine anybody would be stupid enough to change
their choice just because you decided to add a couple of symbols
to one particular set of icons!
You could just as easily have added them to another set.

In particular set A and C have basically the same shape,
just a different color.
The procedure for pasting a picture of a bug onto a blue icon
is identical to pasting it onto a green icon.
If you know how to add the word "Script" in green to set A,
but cannot add it in blue to set C, I could do it for you.

So you can't get people to change their votes just by
adding that bug to one set and not to another.

I'm sure anybody here (except for victims of amateur brain surgery)
can understand this:
If one set has a picture of a bug you like, then so can the other sets.
If one set has a picture of a phone off the hook, so can the others.
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Brian Marcotte wrote
B> I initially voted for set B but after viewing David Troesch's
B> modified set A I find I prefer that over set B. In particular
B> I especially like the bug with the D for the Debug icons and
B> the script S and word Script for scripts icons.

B> The one thing I prefer in set B is the Phone off hook, on hook,
B> and X'ed out since I interperet off hook as modem in use,
B> on hook as modem ready and X'ed out as dialing is disabled.
B> To me the red phone and the X'ed phone equally imply that
B> dialing is disabled.

B> So, David, for me what would make your modified set A ideal
B> would be to have the phone icons with the handset off-hook,
B> on-hook, and X'ed out.

Brian, the poll is about choosing which set will be used in
powerpro.exe and pproconf.exe. They don't use use a phone symbol.

As I have explained several times in several messages,
the uploads include examples of extra icons not needed by
PowerPro, which can optionally be used in people's own configs.

Any of the sets can have a picture of a bug, or a phone off
the hook, added to its collection of extra User icons.
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Anyway thanks for uploading that image David.

I was not happy myself that so many of the icons relied on a
letter N S D or V.
The letters should be replaced with symbols if - IF - there is a
visual idea which will be sufficiently clear in its meaning.

The sets I uploaded do contain some alternatives. For example
the icon which looks like some text could replace either the N
for notes or the S for scripts.

Personally, I don't feel that picture of an insect is ideal
for Debug, because it's a two step indirect association,
like a verbal pun.
I know the computer term "bug" was derived from blaming a computer
fault on there being "a bug in the works", but for me Debug
isn't about insects. It's about getting a readout of information.

It's not direct in the same way as using a picture of a note for
notes; nor as appropriate as cogs for pproconf.

Also I find that bug image unpleasant. Maybe that's just me being
a bit squeamish about creepy crawlies. It looks like a tick.
(Ticks are harmful parasites in this region).

But it's nice to hear that Brian likes it so much. :-)



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