On 08/12/2011 02:28 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
2011/8/12 Gary Martin<[email protected]>
Hi Manuel,
On 11 Aug 2011, at 22:56, manuel quiñones wrote:
Hello,
My understanding of the status is that Manuq was going to do some more
work
on the icon, as per my early message, which I think matches your recall
as
well.
Yes I tried alternatives but didn't came with anything useful, as the
hand print makes the icon difficult to read, and I'm considering to
drop it in favor of a more conventional, simpler overlay. Any
feedback is welcome.
Very quick thought, how about a simple two colour geometric identicon [1]
icon based on a hash of the new activity bundle_id?
This could potentially either a) replace the old svg icon completely; b)
become a badge over part of the old icon; c) have the old icon become a
small badge over the identicon. We would need to watch the case where folks
make a copy of a copy of a copy, perhaps the new svg icon xml generated
could be inserted with a known xml id so that we can easily strip it back
out and replace it cleanly during a copy of a copy.
I've wanted to get identicons into Sugar for a long time, perhaps now is
finally my chance [2] ;-)
Regards,
--Gary
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identicon
[2] I'd love to see an identicon like algorithm generating small variations
in XO buddy like icons likely based on the users colour (or name or some
other user related ident), so that each buddy icon can vary in both colour
and shape. Last time I floated this, folks were very attached to the XO icon
branding, perhaps some if I made some mockups it might gain some interest?
--
.. manuq ..
As intrigued as I am by identicons (I am working on a Sugar app to read
them) I think it is the wrong visual approach for this problem. We need
something that will still say to the user the activity from which the clone
was made. That said, maybe a hand (or identicon) badge is the way to go.
-walter
I like the idea of a badge, and a hand or maybe even the gear icon sound
good to me.
Regards,
Simon
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