--- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Michael, > as a matter of fact a magnifying glass is the symbol > for "Search" for many programs and for example the > Tango project. However in the case of Tracker a > telescope is a very good idea. In my opinion one > should emphasize that Tracker searches 'deep down > under the surface', i.e. many different file formats > are indexed. So a microscope might be even better. > > Yours, > Christian Dywan aka kalikiana
Hi Christian I'm aware that many apps use a looking glass for search but without exception, all apps that have zoom use a looking glass for that and it makes sense in that context. Many apps in the past have used binoculars for search, and binoculars make more sense in that context. I haven't seen many good-looking binocular icons though! ;-) I'd still argue that using a very similar icon to represent two quite different things is poor interface design. Tango isn't necessarily right all the time. I would put the microscope with the magnifying glass as looking more deeply AT something, rather than looking FOR something. I guess it depends how much you want the icon to represent what Tracker actually does. I think there are two basic questions. 1. Tracker, especially when it is combined with other apps such as Deskbar could be associated with "Launch" "Query" "List" "Sort" "Get", "Filter" and any number of other things. So maybe the question is "What does tracker actually do for the user?" 2. The nature of Tracker is to actually deliver information to other apps systemwide so possibly you don't need an icon in the UI / desktop context but as an identity for the project for a website. One needs to be simple, scaleable and immediate, the other can be larger and more detailed. Of course in the end people can replace the standard icon with whatever they want so maybe it doesn't matter :-D Anyway, if folks would like to see a telescope icon I can magic one up. Best Michael ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list tracker-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list