+1 to the Google icon overlays. > On 9 Jan 2018, at 21:15, Jon Evans <j...@craftyjon.com> wrote: > > Inspiration from Google's material design icons? (permissively-licensed) . > These could be overlaid in the bottom right quarter maybe? > <image.png> > <image.png> > <image.png> > > On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 4:09 PM, Oliver Walters > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > Ok, that's good to hear. I will take another look at the Gerber icons and > otherwise see if anyone can suggest some simple clean replacements for the > arrows. If not, I'll push a patch. > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:05 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: > One good thing about bitmaps is they are low risk (other than the > complaining that will surely ensue) so we can merge them just about any > time. I don't want to wait too long so our doc images can be updated to > reflect the changes so if we cannot come up with better alternatives to > replace the arrows, I'm OK with leaving them as is and pushing it off > until v6. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 1/9/2018 3:31 PM, Jeff Young wrote: > > I think the changes are absolutely good in general, and I’d very much > > like to see them get merged. Not that I have any control over that. ;) > > > > As for the arrows, I’d still really like to see them go away. The > > colour isn’t the problem, it’s the arrows themselves. ANY of the > > alternatives discussed (that don’t include arrows) would be better. > > > > Cheers, > > Jeff. > > > > > >> On 9 Jan 2018, at 20:13, Oliver Walters > >> <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> > >> <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > >> > >> The coloured arrows were already in place, all I have done is made > >> them all the same "style". In fact, previously concepts like "save" > >> and "load" were conveyed both with a downward pointing arrow, and the > >> arrow colour was the only point of difference. > >> > >> I thought I had made an improvement on what was already existing. My > >> intent was not to necessarily do a sweeping redesign. > >> > >> If this is now an additional requirement I can make these not arrows, > >> but I'd like some direction on what to do instead. It will be hard to > >> fit a more detailed icon. > >> > >> Other than this, what are your thoughts overall? Is it worth my time > >> pursuing this further? Are these changes good in general and can you > >> see them being merged? > >> > >> On 10 Jan 2018 04:44, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambau...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com> > >> <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > >> > >> On 1/9/2018 12:05 PM, Rene Pöschl wrote: > >> > On 09/01/18 16:50, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > >> >> I'm with Jose on the arrows. If we are going to use them, > >> please don't > >> >> make the all different colors. I don't see how a blue left > >> arrow versus > >> >> a magenta right arrow conveys any meaning to the user. > >> >> > >> > > >> > I like the idea of coloring them differently. For me this will > >> give an > >> > additional way to distinguish the buttons. (Some of them have > >> only the > >> > direction of the arrow as a difference. Which is easily > >> overlooked.) I > >> > hope having different colors will make it easier for my brain to > >> > remember which button does what. (I can't tell you how often i > >> clicked > >> > load symbol instead of update symbol while working on the > >> reorganization > >> > of the official lib.) > >> > >> What information does the different color arrow convey? If you are > >> using different colors for contrast, that is one thing but just making > >> them different colors for informational purposes doesn't make any > >> sense > >> to me. If you are trying convey information with different color > >> buttons, what is the impact on users who are color blind. > >> > >> > > >> > Maybe there is a better way to communicate differences but if > >> buttons > >> > look as similar as a lot of them currently do, adding > >> differentiating > >> > colors might help. > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > >> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > >> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > >> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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