2007/3/1, Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [SNIP] > 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!
I think the same, in tango after some discussion was choosed to use the hd + arrow which may not be the best metaphor, but it's better then the obsolete floppy. > 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? Icons needs to be as clear as possible and a pretty anonymous box may not be so clear > 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. :) I'm not a great fan of the globe metaphor, even that one is overused as well as the two computers. > 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. > Honestly I never thought about those metaphor, for me they are quite clear, but probably because I'm used to them > Of course, I don't mean to offend anyone by these comments. Just trying > to be constructive. :) indeed it was pretty constructive Ciao Lapo > -- > Alex Jones > http://alex.weej.com/ > -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
