https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67837
Bug ID: 67837
Summary: Vector: update user icon
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Skin and page rendering
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Web browser: ---
Mobile Platform: ---
Created attachment 15902
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Current icon, when seen logged out
user-icon.svg (with png fallback) is a subtle but highly visible part of
Vector. It displays to all users, either next to the login link or next to
their username. Consequently, this is an important piece of MediaWiki
iconography.
This icon is pretty bad right now, in a variety of ways:
- It has too much detail.
- It looks male. It's a bald person wearing blue suit.
- It looks Caucasian.
I don't think we want a little white man representing what being a user on a
wiki is. Additionally, it's glossy, round look is too much for such a small
icon. Even icon suites like those of GNOME (not exactly known for flat, trendy
UI) are simpler than this.
The ideal user icon should be:
- Genderless
- Neutral in color
- Simple and easy to discern even at very small sizes
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