On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Kara Rawson <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> johnjbarton wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 15, 9:13 am, Kara Rawson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ...
> >
> >> since we are on the topic of icons, how much work would it be to have
> >> the firebug activation icon in your browser switch to a firefly on its
> >> back when its off rather then just have it grey, you know like what bugs
> >> look like when they are dead. This would be cute, and funny. just a
> >> random idea.
> >>
> >
> > A practical reason to use icon orientation rather than just color is
> > that some users cannot detect the color difference easily due to
> > differences in eyesight.
> > jjb
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> understood, however i thought tooltips were designed originally for
> accessiblity. Honestly though at the end of the day, long as it does its
> job Fb that is, im a happy camper.
>
> k
>
> >
>
The point of having the icon change color, is, I assume, to be able to tell
at a glance whether Firebug is on or off, so having to hover for a tooltip
doesn't really work there.  Of course, I can't really tell how this works
for other people, but I personally cannot tell the difference with the
orange and grey bugs unless I look at them side-by-side.

I really like the dead bug idea, I just wish I had the design skills to make
the icon.

mc

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