Le vendredi 04 février 2011 à 17:55 -0500, Jasper St. Pierre a écrit : > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Gendre Sebastien <korbe romandie com> wrote: > > Hello every body. > > > > I read the guideline of symbolic icons [1] and I'm not ok with all > > points. > > > > Using symbolic icons for system status (on top right in Gnome Shell) or > > volume indication and play options in full screen [2] is relevant. > > So this is something you're OK with? Yes, I think using symbolic icons in this case are relevant (pertinent). > > But I have doubts about the relevance of symbolic icons for GTK icons > > (icons on windows, often inside a GTK Windget). > > > > What is a goal of icons in windows? > > - Be a simple indicator of the kind of button or texte in the GTK > > Widget? > > It sounds like you're OK with this except for the mute grayscale color. No. Here I don't write about system status (on top right in Gnome Shell) or volume indication but about the goal of icon inside a window. > > - Be a markers, highlighting some GTK widgets that the user must move > > their attention? > > Is this the case on that page you're citing? > > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/SymbolicIcons/UseGuidelines?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=evolution-lists-symbolic.png > > The markers in that list control are pieces of information: Is this a > reply? Unread? Does this message have an attachment? Was it sent with > the useless "Important" flag? > > Those icons, as I see it, are not there to capture the user's attention. > > The idea of symbolic icons is that they're basically an alpha channel, > and the application or widget toolkit gets to decide the color. > > I'm assuming that a lot of the time it will be "gray", but the fact > that it's a shape with no color information allows theme authors or > application authors to make the shape look good at any color or on any > background. Ok, in this list icons are just information. But in button? Ou in textbox? (like here: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/SymbolicIcons/UseGuidelines?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=entry-widgets.png) Is it always informative or is it markers to attract the attention of the user on the important GTK widgets? I think it's a good question
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