https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51372
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Bug ID: 51372
Summary: VisualEditor: Toolbar icons - "Insert reference"
alternatives or improvements
Product: VisualEditor
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Created attachment 12849
--> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=12849&action=edit
Original icon, and 2 suggested alternatives
The "Insert reference" icon is not very intuitive. I've made a sketch of two
alternatives.
See attachment, or on-wiki at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VisualEditor_-_Toolbar_-_Reference-edit1.png
That image includes the current icon, and two adaptations that consist of: a
snippet of grey text, and a blue super-scripted number [1].
The grey text could be made into abstract letterforms - squiggles - (rather
than the letters REF) in order to make it usable by all languages.
Or we could use a grey "+" sign with the blue [number].
(The only problem is RightToLeft languages. Not sure how to solve that.)
The blue super-scripted [number] is universally recognizable and intuitively
understandable as denoting references, both in Wikimedia projects and even
beyond. I'd suggest this element, at the least, should form the basis for any
replacement icon.
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