We used to have a hand icon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38241992@N06/4090679956/ Wonder if it still exists somewhere. But I admit, it wasn't too good :)
Best wishes, Anita On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Antonio Locandro < [email protected]> wrote: > Just to reinforce the point raised > > The pan icon currently in Master are four arrows which are more associated > with moving a graphic or a nudge, I would think the most well known symbol > for that would be the famous little hand to pan > > Cheers > > > *Ing. Antonio Locandro* > Tegucigalpa, Honduras > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 15:55:17 +0100 > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] New Icons - difficult to "read" > > Hi Anita, > > I think we have to be fair and recognize that a GIS is a little more > complex than a web browser and will always have more buttons. Many > functions which have only one meaning in a simpler application can have > different meanings in a GIS depending on context. To simply assume the > context from the placement in a certain toolbar could raise other issues. > > > Fair point, but that's why I also compared other GIS's where I could > (ArcGIS, MapModeller (FME Data Inspector uses the refresh circle but > doesn't have a back/forward feature) and noted that they hold the same > convention. > Also, that was only one single example, there are others. > These days people *expect* certain icons for certain things. To use a > different icon throws away the years of pre-training the user will have > already have using other applications that stuck to the convention. > > I don't think I've ever seen a single application that had 10 icons that > were mostly the same before in the same that the magnifying glass ones in > QGIS 2.0 are. > > Regards, > Jonathan > > On 28 May 2013 11:11, Anita Graser <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Jonathan Moules < > [email protected]> wrote: > > +1 for unified data adding button. From a use-perspective there's no good > reason that raster adding should be separate from vectors for instance > In depth example: take the Back, Next, and Refresh view icons. The new > QGIS icons all have a magnifying glass behind them (I can barely make out > the "refresh" circle). Why? In comparison, I have four web-browsers in > front of me, all have these buttons and all of them are simple > arrows/refresh circles. None of them have a picture of a web-page behind > them. > ArcGIS and MapModeller both use simple arrows/circles too. MapInfo doesn't > seem to have this functionality. > At this point these icons are standard conventions, but the QGIS 2.0 > iconography makes that part only 1/6th of the actual icon, instead giving > prominence to a magnifying glass that's entirely unnecessary. > > > While I agree to some degree (+1 for unified data adding button), I think > we have to be fair and recognize that a GIS is a little more complex than a > web browser and will always have more buttons. Many functions which have > only one meaning in a simpler application can have different meanings in a > GIS depending on context. To simply assume the context from the placement > in a certain toolbar could raise other issues. > > Best wishes, > Anita > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may > contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and > should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or > authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or > disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error > please notify the sender immediately. All email traffic sent to or from us, > including without limitation all GCSX traffic, may be subject to recording > and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. > _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing > list [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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