A "cloud" icon in the the panel is ambiguous: too much like weather indicators
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
The Sync Menu |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
indicator-sync (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The 'cloud' icon for indicator-sync makes some internal sense, but many users have some kind of weather indicator running. These often show a cloud in the panel. That behavior makes sense, too, and is pretty established. Unfortunately, that makes this icon for indicator-sync too ambiguous. I hope that something else can be chosen.
I've seen graphics for 'the cloud', with elements representing network connections, wires or arrows or other things, with a cloud as the background. I think a cloud behind some other clear graphic would probably not be ambiguous. So I'm not arguing "there must be no puffy clouds whatsoever!" A cloud on its own, that, I'm concerned about.
Thanks.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: indicator-sync 12.10.3-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 30 22:35:12 2012
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-sync
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-06-14 (108 days ago)
This is a question for Design. :)