Re: [Sugar-devel] Backup and Restore activity icons
Hi Sascha, On 9 Oct 2010, at 23:00, Sascha Silbe wrote: Excerpts from Gary C Martin's message of Fri Oct 01 17:46:56 +0200 2010: As per your request on irc for some icon alternatives/clean-ups for your Backup and Restore activities, here are a few variations/iterations. Thanks a lot and sorry for taking so long to respond! No problem, I was just getting worried all the image attachments may have made it bounce and not get through (a fair few of my emails end up off list and private due to bounces). I like #2 (Journal - USB stick) best. It doesn't feel perfect, but is closest to what the activity does. OK, so USB memory sticks are your primary HW target (I was looking for something more generic). What I'm missing is some kind of indication that the entirety of the Journal (or at least some part of it) gets transferred, not just a single entry (like the original icons in Turtle Blocks are intended to symbolise). When I think about this, a treasure chest comes to mind. But that doesn't transfer well to an icon (which is rather small, so can't hold too many details). How about using the Journal icon instead of the Keep button? We could have the Journal and USB stick icon side by side, with an arching arrow over the top i.e. a semi-circle with arrow at one or the other end to represent backup or restore. Worth another image or two? Regards, --Gary A filing cabinet would be another option, but not really better. For one thing this analogy already has associations in the computer world (think files and folders / directories). And like the treasure chest the visual complexity of the icon would probably be too high. We should magnify icons on hover in the favourites view. ;) Sascha ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Backup and Restore activity icons
Ping. --G On 1 Oct 2010, at 16:46, Gary C Martin garycmar...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Sascha, As per your request on irc for some icon alternatives/clean-ups for your Backup and Restore activities, here are a few variations/iterations. First off, here is a simple clean-up of the two icons you are using now, scale of each now match, and colour is correct: Backup_icon_1.png Restore_icon_1.png Backup_icon_1.svg Restore_icon_1.svg Next I tried to make more explicit the target/destination. I went for the USB icon as the most generic storage device, though Backup/Restore would work to any storage hw device: Backup_icon_2.png Restore_icon_2.png Backup_icon_2.svg Restore_icon_2.svg With the above, I worried that the change in arrow direction alone was not a clear enough indicator for two activities. Below I've added a dot to indicate the target/destination: Backup_icon_3.png Restore_icon_3.png Backup_icon_3.svg Restore_icon_3.svg Finally one more iteration just using the target/destination dot. This allows larger details and abstracts away from USB hardware: Backup_icon_4.png Restore_icon_4.png Backup_icon_4.svg Restore_icon_4.svg Any catch your eye? Regards, --Gary ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Backup and Restore activity icons
On 2 October 2010 04:46, Gary C Martin garycmar...@googlemail.com wrote: Any catch your eye? I think series 1 will work best in small screens, but I think that series 4 is more complete.. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Backup and Restore activity icons
Excerpts from Gary C Martin's message of Fri Oct 01 17:46:56 +0200 2010: As per your request on irc for some icon alternatives/clean-ups for your Backup and Restore activities, here are a few variations/iterations. Thanks a lot and sorry for taking so long to respond! I like #2 (Journal - USB stick) best. It doesn't feel perfect, but is closest to what the activity does. What I'm missing is some kind of indication that the entirety of the Journal (or at least some part of it) gets transferred, not just a single entry (like the original icons in Turtle Blocks are intended to symbolise). When I think about this, a treasure chest comes to mind. But that doesn't transfer well to an icon (which is rather small, so can't hold too many details). A filing cabinet would be another option, but not really better. For one thing this analogy already has associations in the computer world (think files and folders / directories). And like the treasure chest the visual complexity of the icon would probably be too high. We should magnify icons on hover in the favourites view. ;) Sascha signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Backup and Restore activity icons
Hi Tim, On 9 Oct 2010, at 21:49, Tim McNamara paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz wrote: On 2 October 2010 04:46, Gary C Martin garycmar...@googlemail.com wrote: Any catch your eye? I think series 1 will work best in small screens, but I think that series 4 is more complete.. Thanks for your feedback, I tend to agree, version one or four. Version one is the easy call as it's just really a clean-up that should be applied, the question is if version four adds enough to offset the shift in detail size. Regards, --Gary ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
