I think you need to do a side by side comparison with the old and also showcase it with a dark theme. I would also like to see a summary of why specific features was changed on the icons.
Otherwise we have not got any further and I think the updates should be rejected. In seven months or so someone else will propose thirty new icons. Den 10. jan. 2018 3.13 PM skrev "Oliver Walters" < oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>: > Wayne, > > Here is the outcome of removing the save / load arrows and replacing with > standard load / save icons. > > I have also further tweaked the main icons as per suggestions. > > Screenshots here: > > https://imgur.com/a/DzZhZ > > This is about as far as I want to go with this, please let me know if > there are any outstanding issues that prevent me from submitting a patch. > > Thanks, > Oliver > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:09 AM, Oliver Walters < > 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> >> 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>> 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>> 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. 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