[Tracker] Fwd: Icon

["Michael Biebl" <mbiebl gmail com>]

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From: Björn Martensen <bjoern martensen gmail com>
Date: 22.01.2007 10:26
Subject: Re: [Tracker] Icon
To: Michael Biebl <mbiebl gmail com>


On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 16:29 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 2007/1/20, Christian <christian twotoasts de>:
> > Le Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:00:04 +0000 (GMT),
> > Michael Corbett <mrcdesign yahoo co uk> a écrit :
> >
> > > I've seen there is some discussion on an icon for
> > > Tracker.  My comment is:
> > > It's bad UI design to use the same or similar icons
> > > for different things.
> > > A looking-glass or magnifier indicates "Zoom".  If a
> > > looking glass indicates "Zoom" it should not indicate
> > > "Search".
> > > I would strongly suggest either binoculars, or
> > > possibly a simplified telescope icon better represent
> > > "Search".
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> > as a matter of fact a magnifying glass is the symbol for "Search" for many programs and for example the 
> Tango project. However in the case of Tracker a telescope is a very good idea. In my opinion one should emphasize that 
> Tracker searches 'deep down under the surface', i.e. many different file formats are indexed. So a microscope might be 
> even better.
> >
>
> What about something like
> http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/artwork/Oxygen/theme/svg/actions/find.svg?rev=598903
>
> I like the icon, because it pictures the word "track"er in a nice way.

Indeed, that is very nice. I thought about sth like that too before..
I've created a little mix of the find (from oxygen), search (from tango)
and the beagle icon (the colors)
http://www.mant1core.de/tracker.svg

It's not very original since it's only a mixup of existing icons, but
it's not that bad, imho ;). maybe better than the default search icon
used atm.
I've redrawn the track though, instead of using the one from oxygen
directly as i did with the magnifyier from tango.

grtz,
Björn

> Cheers,
> Michael
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