Re: Icon orientation

2006-08-28 Thread Diana Fong

Hi Joachim...

Yes, Echo does face the opposite way of Bluecurve's direction.  When I 
had first experimented with the perspective of the icons, the new 
direction made it more distinctive.  As I have worked on it for the last 
3 months, it seems less dramatic...probably because I stare at it 
everyday.  If user testing show that the other orientation is more 
visually pleasing, I would not be opposed to flipping it later.  While 
most icons can be flipped and used as is, there is a number that will 
need to be slightly altered for balance.


Diana



Joachim Frieben wrote:

Comparing the Echo icon set to the standard Bluecurve one, it pops to my
eyes that the perspective has changed from left to right.
This is disturbing in the sense that the panel menus and the majority of the
panel icons are located in the left half of the screen. The current
orientation makes them look away from the user who is located on the axis
through the center of the screen.
Is there a reason why this change of perspective has been adopted? I for
myself would clearly appreciate that the icons were looking towards the
screen center which is achieved by fliping them about the vertical axis.
This operation would allow to make Echo consistent with Bluecurve in
this respect.


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Icon orientation

2006-08-20 Thread Joachim Frieben
Comparing the Echo icon set to the standard Bluecurve one, it pops to my
eyes that the perspective has changed from left to right.
This is disturbing in the sense that the panel menus and the majority of the
panel icons are located in the left half of the screen. The current
orientation makes them look away from the user who is located on the axis
through the center of the screen.
Is there a reason why this change of perspective has been adopted? I for
myself would clearly appreciate that the icons were looking towards the
screen center which is achieved by fliping them about the vertical axis.
This operation would allow to make Echo consistent with Bluecurve in
this respect.


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