On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 12:50 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 16:11 +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 16:07 +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote: > > > > > > So match the size of the nm-vpn-connecting-* set to the same overall > > > > > > size as the applet icon area, but just offset the vpn lock itself so > > > > > > it's positioned in the lower-right corner. The progress twirlie can > > > > > > probably stay where it is. > > > > > > > > > > > > Existing connection with VPN active: > > > > > > http://bigw.org/~dan/Screenshot.png > > > > > > > > > > Now I get what you mean... Let me ponder this, I'll get back to you as > > > > > soon as I can see a good solution. > > > > > > > > Great, hope it's soon :) I'd think just moving the padlock down and to > > > > the right in the existing images would be just fine. > > > > > > Probably, but I'd rather do some sketches of some other ideas, I mean > > > it's only one image which is used as an overlay, so that one could be > > > fixed easily, but I'm thinking now in terms of the progress meter for > > > vpn. > > > > > > Maybe if we are moving the padlock down, then I could use icons which > > > are similar to the standard connecting animation but instead of a dot a > > > keyhole or something instead. > > > > > > I'm mulling it, there's some space for flexibility. > > > > > > Hopefully i can knock up some updated icons today, and while i'm at it > > > classify them into sizes for 16,22 and 24 > > > > Actually as the padlock is composited we could probably benefit from > > compositing the icons for gsm/gprs, edge, umts, hsdpa and anything else > > that comes along, maybe the recently submitted patch should be updated > > to work in these terms? > > Yes, that's what I replied to it with. The code has "layers", and there > are currently two layers: device and VPN. We can certainly add a mobile > broadband layer in which the mobile broadband badge goes. Just need to > figure out where in the icon area that should go so it doesn't conflict > with the VPN lock. Because you certainly can have an active VPN over > cellular. Urgh, now we're starting to have problems... Colours are obviously going to be better as long as there is detailed explanation somewhere of what they mean. Mockups attached for discussion. vpn-umts.svg - My first impression of this is that it's starting to get crowded, and I can make the padlock smaller but loose detail which I feel is critical. vpn-umts2.svg - Slightly less crowded and more appealing I feel, only 3px tall to denote the technology, so we'll have to use vibrant colours which aren't in the tango palette :/ BR, K
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