[jopr-dev] mica icons

[Heiko W.Rupp]

Mazz,

Am 20.02.2009 um 18:54 schrieb John Mazzitelli:

> Here's some ideas on a new set of MICA icon (so they are true icons,  
> not letters). We can resize these, make them bigger for the tabs  
> themselves (there might already be larger sizes of these).
>
Before resizing them, we should decide if we want them.

This bagge tag is not ubiquitous for an inventory -- a library symbol  
could be better.
Monitor and Operations are imho ok.
I don't like the pen for configuration, as we can write something on  
each tab (e.g. operation start time, plugin config) -
a wrench could be better. Or a gear, as we are already using gears in  
the timeline for configuration changes.
The alert flash could use some love too.
I am also not happy with the text bubble for events or the sheet of  
paper for packages -- the later should rather
be something like a parcel (see e.g. time line icons for this); a  
sheet of paper could also mean configuration or inventory or
a page to put notes for the individual resource.

Icons can be very specific to the cultural background - we should run  
those by the interaction designers and
perhaps by some translators, as e.g. the alert-flash looks very much  
like a condom to me, which some users
may find offensive.

     Heiko

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