I think a trash icon can mislead a new user to be a symbol for delete and not close. I would vote for a grey 'X' instead of red one.
Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > (As part of the myGrid office discussions gone email) > > Yesterday I discussed with Alex on what icon we should use for the > Edit->Delete menu action and corresponding toolbar icon in Taverna 2. > > As you might notice in the released 2.0 this is currently a kind of > document with a red cross. > > > My favourite is the red cross without the document - the problem with > this is that it is already used for File->Close, with a sister > double-cross for File-> Close all. Alex has argued that we should > instead use a trash bin icon, but when we tried this before the 2.0 > release (I believe in one of the betas) it was difficult to recognize > it. > > I thought that one could work around this by replacing the close-icon > with say an X within a box or a circle (emulating the "Close Window" > actions of most OSes) - however these are also most of the time very > red and screaming. Perhaps a grey X icon, I said. However -as Alex > pointed out, this would make it look like it is disabled, like how > File->Save is disabled right after s ave. > > She has now found a new trash bin icon that she wants to try, this has > more of a 3d feel too it and should be possible to recognize as a > trash - however I still feel it is also a bit too grey. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ taverna-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/taverna-users Documentation: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/usermanual1.7/ FAQ: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/Mygrid/TavernaFaq Biological Services: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/Mygrid/BiologicalWebServices
