Yea I'd like to echo Cassidy here. The AppMenu concept is/was transitional in learning how build apps without a menubar. Now that we're starting to really get contextual design down, it's starting to look like the AppMenu is superfluous for a lot of apps.
Having said that, if someone wants to propose an icon I have no problem testing it out. But I personally don't intend to spend a lot of time on something that we'll likely phase out. Best Regards, Daniel Foré El sep 30, 2012, a las 2:19 p.m., Cassidy James <cass...@elementaryos.org> escribió: > I think it's worth revisiting; however, I believe that we'll be pushing to > get rid of that menu entirely in as many places as possible in the near > future. Instead, we'll focus on more contextual preferences and more > intelligent defaults. I kind of think changing it for Luna and then phasing > it put soon after would be unnecessary. > > On Sep 30, 2012 3:59 PM, "Keith Adair" <kjz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think we'd be taking a major risk in changing that icon. To me, that cog >> has grown to be an iconic symbol of the elementary project, along with the >> two iterations of the "e" logo. It signifies simplification; that this >> program is so simple that it only requires on simple sub menu for options. A >> "lines" logo to me seems generic, and lacking in personality. The cog IS >> elementary, and has been since the meager days of elementary-nautilus. It >> seems to me that I would rather miss the little cog in exchange for a >> generic icon. >> >> On Sep 30, 2012 1:34 PM, "Craig" <webe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I agree, Sam. I think this also highlights the importance of clearly >>> defining the intentional function for various UI components. Perhaps it >>> would be useful to separate out the various pieces of functionality into an >>> "overflow" component and a "settings" component (or separate out the >>> functionality differently). >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Sam Tate <s...@mtate.me.uk> wrote: >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> I think it's useful to get a discussion going every now and then about >>>> certain UX paradigms, no matter how small (we're all about attention to >>>> detail, right?) >>>> >>>> I really don't like the AppMenu icon. The concept is great - Android uses >>>> something very similar in the overflow menu, and other operating systems >>>> probably do too. It's a fantastic way to hide less commonly used buttons >>>> to stop the toolbar getting too cluttered. However, the cog icon doesn't >>>> make any sense to me. It sends the message of "Settings/Preferences" to >>>> the user, and this is not the only thing that the AppMenu is for. It >>>> houses About pages, functions (e.g. "Rescan music folder") and more. >>>> >>>> It would make more sense to change the icon to something similar to >>>> Chrome's "3 line" icon (http://i.imgur.com/ryKKG.png) which conveys the >>>> message much better. >>>> >>>> We should ideally try to do this before Luna, since the AppMenu is such a >>>> core part of the OS, and we don't want to alienate the flocks of new Luna >>>> users in L+1 by changing it then ;) >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> Sam Tate >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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