-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Alex,
Alex Jones wrote: > 1. "Save." Nobody uses floppy disks anymore! We need an updated > metaphor, even if it's just some stupid abstract symbol that > doesn't really represent something in the real world - as long > as one can grow to associate it consistently with committing > something semi-permanently to disk, that's OK in my book! Check out the Tango icon for saving a document: http://tango.freedesktop.org/static/cvs/tango-icon-theme/scalable/actions/document-save.svg I use the default Tango theme, but ironically I hate that save icon. I guess I've just gotten so used to associating a floppy disk with "save" that the "arrow to disk" just doesn't click for me. :-P > 2. "Computer". Generally, this visual metaphor is dominated by a > big honking great widescreen LCD monitor. This would be a much > better metaphor for a display! How about an icon of an actual > computer, sans-keyboard and display? The only problem with this is that the icon would be yet another box/cube. People could be easily confused if it was not done properly. Is it just me, or does "keyboard/monitor" not instantly associate with "computer? > 3. "Network"/"Internet". Even worse, two computer displays with > really oldskool looking pipes connecting them! As with the save > one, this is a commonly re-used concept, i.e. it is incorporated > into many other icons - music shares, remote administration, web > browser, NetworkManager applet, etc. I do think that the > "Internet" icon, with the globe and some noticable flashing > lines going across it is a brilliant idea, and it's a shame it's > not re-used anywhere I can tell. For example, a better HTML > document icon could be a page with this globe superimposed on it > like an emblem. A better Web Browser icon could be this globe > with a page superimposed on it, again like an emblem. I guess > these two ideas are the reciprocal of each other. :) http://tango.freedesktop.org/static/cvs/tango-icon-theme/scalable/devices/network-wired.svg http://tango.freedesktop.org/static/cvs/tango-icon-theme/scalable/devices/network-wireless.svg http://tango.freedesktop.org/static/cvs/tango-icon-theme/scalable/categories/applications-internet.svg What do you think about those? Are they in the ballpark? > 4. Cut/Copy/Paste. We just nicked these off everyone else, and I'm > not convinced they're particularly intuitive (neither in name > nor in visuals), but that could be somewhat controversial. What change do you propose? I like your ideas, but some things are just so ingrained from years of using computers and their associated bad metaphors that change is extremely painful. Brett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF51rhuO812OJoSlcRAnl+AKCG2cIU9HVaj/w0zqK9QIcH9PTRSwCffy1/ l6dMAankfD9TOVI58umRpXc= =afb/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
