[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2017-05-26 Thread Daniel van Vugt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1351424 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351424

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1351424
   [icons] browser, settings and calculator icons too similar to another well 
known mobile O/S

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  In Progress
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2017-02-20 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:~ci-train-bot/webbrowser-app/webbrowser-app-ubuntu-
zesty-2504

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  In Progress
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2017-01-26 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:webbrowser-app/staging

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  In Progress
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2017-01-26 Thread Olivier Tilloy
** Changed in: ubuntu-ux
   Status: Triaged => In Progress

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  In Progress
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2016-08-26 Thread Andrea Bernabei
Hi Alan, 
we're trying to clear the backlog of unassigned bugs that affect Ubuntu-UX, 
please bear with us as we go through them and try to improve the situation.

The designer working on this has just been assigned to this bug. I'm
sure he will provide more information when he gets to it ;)

Contributions are always very welcome, as far as I can tell :)

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2016-08-26 Thread Alan Bell
seriously? you are going to wilfully infringe on registered trademarks, you 
have been offered alternative suggestions and accepting them is low priority?
What can the community do to sort this out? I have done two merge requests with 
different browser icons, both were rejected. The design team clearly don't want 
to address it, so we have a "patches not welcome" situation. Where do we go 
from here? Is looking like a cheap knockoff a design goal?

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2016-08-26 Thread Paty Davila
** Changed in: ubuntu-ux
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthieu James (tiheum)

** Changed in: ubuntu-ux
   Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: ubuntu-ux
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2016-06-23 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image
   Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  New
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2016-06-09 Thread Pat McGowan
** Also affects: ubuntu-ux
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  New
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  New
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2016-06-09 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Also affects: canonical-devices-system-image
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in Canonical System Image:
  New
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2016-06-09 Thread Mark Curtis
I want to comment that an article was posted on OMG! Ubuntu! about solely the 
browser icon and that alone has been getting a lot of interest.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/06/ubuntu-browser-icon-too-similar-safari

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2016-06-08 Thread Ads20000
Nice graphic! I agree with the first three (I haven't seen rolodex's
often but I deffo understand that icon). Not sure about the treasure
map, I think a normal map is fine, Ubuntu's just needs to be more
differentiated. I suppose they have to be a little careful they don't
overuse the Ubuntu orange as well, we need different colours for
different apps. Maybe Ubuntu could figure out different colours for
different sets of apps?

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358050] Re: Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

2014-08-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu)
   Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Some icons assume familiarity with other OS

Status in “ubuntu-themes” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attached is a comparison between Windows, Android, iOS(6) and
  tentative Ubuntu icons. The first 3 application icons bare a striking
  similarity to  the IOS(6) equivalent while the last to Google Maps.

  The browser icon assumes familiarity with Safari, or possibly Webkit.
  A user unfamiliar with them may see a compass and map and assume a
  map.

  The bigger issue being that the icons are so close to the iOS/Google
  ones that it may give the appearance of Ubuntu being a cheap knockoff,
  or worse, be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Apple has sued Samsung over a
  similar situation before.

  There are other ways of communicating those apps, which is shown in
  the Alternate column. These are not meant to be replacements, I'm no
  designer. They are merely illustrations of a different concept for the
  icons so as to not be too similar to Apple and Google's offereing:

  Browser:
  What was wrong with the earlier globe version?

  Calculator:
  Why not a "divide by" button rather than "equal", make all buttons an Ubuntu 
orange squircle?

  Contacts:
  How about a rolodex? Yes people won't be familiar with them, but if they see 
a contact and information that should be enough

  Maps:
  A treasure map would be a very different way of going about it.

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