On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 16:46 +0200, Joerg Kress wrote:
Hello everyone!
NOTE: Cross-posted as this involves both teams, IMHO.
We have a need for icons for the updater applet for both GNOME and KDE. The current icons have certain limitations in areas of usability and accessibility. Please refer to bug 246157 [1] for an example.
I have made some proposals in the wiki [2]. One might also check the parent page [3], which also holds the current icons.
Currently we have 4 icons, based on a blue dot with a small label on the bottom right. Each label indicates a certain state:
* Red: Error occured * Yellow: Updates available * Striped(Yellow/Black): Checking for Updates * Green: No updates
We want to have another state: "Applying Updates", which could be merged with "Checking for updates" into "Updater working/Busy"
So, UX teams should verify which states need distinguishing from a usability perspective and artworkers should then find a usable and accessible solution.
Links: [1]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=246157 [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Updater_applet/Icon_proposals [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Updater_Applet
Hi Joerg,
I've already talked to the original author, Robert Lihm, but I'm happy
you bring this up.
Current Icons
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The current icons are less than ideal on many levels. The color button
(as the 'unifying' element) is just noise, especially at small sizes,
which is what the default panel ships by default. The silhouette is
exactly the same. Pretty much the only differentiating factor is the
color. From usability perspective this is really bad.
Proposal
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The naming spec [1] defines some icon names very much appropriate for
our situation and we should aim to make use of themeability here.
Usability should have the upper hand on branding.
updates available - software-update-available
urgent updates - software-update-urgent
getting/applying updates - process-working
refreshing sources - network-receive
The standard theme icon lookup is described in the icon theme spec [2].
[1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.ht...
[2] http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html
cheers
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Jakub Steiner