On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 17:55 +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 18:47 +0100, Björn Martensen wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 17:22 +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 17:11 +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote: > > > > 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 :/ > > > > > > Thinking in these terms now, and maybe the signal strength bars can be > > > altered too... > > > > this is just my own opinion, but i kinda like the icon style that looks > > a bit more like radio waves [1] better as they are symmetrical and look > > more like something is transmitted over the air than the current bars > > that stand next to each other, aligned at the bottom. > > i'd like to see such icons in NM and would like to know your opinion on > > this. > > This is a good design, but I wonder about the apple-esque appearance... > It wouldn't be difficult for me to make up some new icons with that > design, and the padlock placement could end up being a little better, we > could also look at having the bars different colours to specify > different network types wifi, gprs etc... Of course this wouldn't be > ideal in code, but we could work around that i believe. I wouldn't use different colors for different connection types, as that might be bad for color blind people. > > BR, > K >
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