Re: [Tracker] Icon

[Michael Corbett <mrcdesign yahoo co uk>]

--- Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it> wrote:
> This is not a "real" Tracker issue. There are 2
> icons that Tracker
> could/should use:
>
>       * a logo icon - this icon should identify the
> (global) Tracker
>         product, as well as the dog profile identify
> Beagle (see beagle
>         website); this icons will be used on Tracker
> website and
>         everywhere Tracker will need branding

I think I made that distinction, worded differently. 
You are right.

>       * the search tool icon - this icon is defined
> in Icon Naming Spec
>         from freedesktop.org as "system-search"
> named icon; this icon
>         should provided by gnome-icon-theme (while
> currently it's still
>         using old style, not Tango style). 
>
> The issue about the bad metaphor of looking glass
> for search is related
> to the second icon, and should be solved on
> gnome-icon-theme module. 
That makes sense!  I will stop bugging the Tracker
guys with it :-)

How popular would the suggestion be? People are used
to using a magnifier for search, it's true. So is it
OK with users that the same symbol means two different
things?  Does it matter? A lot of GNOME UI design is
still very based on "What people are used to"
(Windows/Mac) and is that wrong?

Cheers all

Michael


                
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