> Does Firefox already have Geolocation iconography that we should > consider?
Not yet, geolocation landed late in our ship cycle so I just grabbed a very generic set of globe icons we already had sitting around designed for every platform's aesthetic. We are working on some ideas now, and I'll run them by Glen and Nicholas for feedback. We all like the crosshairs since it really captures the concept, although it's a bit ominous and perhaps not visually unique enough to become strongly tied to the specific concept of geolocation. The cross hairs are also in some ways backwards, they work well in Google Maps on the iPhone when you are indicating "show me my location," but at least in terms of privacy, geolocation is kind of the inverse: "give away my location." For slightly abstract topics like geolocation it might work better to fall back to a more unique ideogram instead of trying to rely too heavily on metaphor. Basically designing a new set of road signs for the Web. -Alex On Dec 1, 2009, at 5:44 PM, Adam Barth wrote: > I'd expect the icons in the mocks to be BSD licensed, which means > you'd be free to use them in Firefox if you liked them. Does Firefox > already have Geolocation iconography that we should consider? The > right folks to get on board are the members of the UI team. Glen's > probably the right person to start with. > > Adam > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Alex Faaborg <faab...@mozilla.com> > wrote: >> Should the various browser vendors try to use common iconography for >> geolocation, similar to how a standard symbol for Web Feeds >> emerged? The >> external consistency would likely help users as they moved between >> multiple >> apps and sites that support geolocation. >> -Alex >> >> On Nov 28, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Adam Barth wrote: >> >>> Nice mocks. A few questions: >>> >>> 1) Why green? The other infobars in the product are yellow. >>> Historically, green in browsers has signaled extended validation. >>> >>> 2) Is there any difference in presentation for SSL versus non-SSL >>> sites? From the mocks, it looks like we're showing the host name >>> but >>> not the scheme. >>> >>> 3) Will there be an option to dismiss these dialogs for good (either >>> to accept them all or reject them all)? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Jonathan Dixon <j...@chromium.org> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am implementung the geolocation API >>>> (http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/) in Chromium using the >>>> WebKit >>>> native >>>> bindings. Here is a short design doc for the changes: >>>> http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfbnm49n_0dpc7pxpx >>>> >>>> If you have any comments or questions please feel free to direct >>>> them to >>>> me. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jonathan >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com >>>> View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev >>> >>> -- >>> Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com >>> View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev >> >> -- Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev
