On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com>wrote:
> Hi Asaf, > > On 20 Jul 2009, at 06:16, Asaf Paris Mandoki wrote: > ... > > > 4. Make the Play/Stop button more conspicuous, maybe change its > > color(s). > > Not so hot on this one :-) It breaks the Sugar design guidelines > (colour represents user identity). Now I know Walter has quite > seriously gone and broken these guidelines with some of his > technicolor tool icons in TurtleArt... The shock, the horror... But > not sure we should continue that slide in Sugar guideline standards ;-) > > Pro: Yes, black and white for Stop, and colour for Play is quite > visually effective. > > Con: Once we start to creep into colour tool icons they'll start > appearing all over the place and the collaboration colour == identity > metaphor will start to break down. The high contrast silhouette of > icon shapes is a strong component and differentiator of the Sugar UI > design. > > The current 'Play' and 'Stop' icons are from the standard Sugar > artwork set, perhaps we should just improve them. I was never > completely keen on both their silhouette shapes being round, or > perhaps it would be enough for the fill/stroke to be inverted between > stop & play shapes? > > Eben: maybe there is some design middle ground for having some tool > icon colour in the HIG? Perhaps with a strict specification, say like > a single colour (different brightness allowed) may be used in addition > to white & transparent, but only for toggle or radio buttons to > indicate important active vs inactive states? But I'm not convinced. > It feels like an erosion of a strong design principle. Perhaps, anticipating future collaboration of Physics models, the Play/Stop toggle could bear the color of the invoker. This would provide some additional information on who started or stopped the model. (The toggles are labeled Start/Stop. Play fits the graphic better; Pause--with the player control graphics--may be appropriate and distinguish it from the Activity Stop button label.) --Fred
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