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Kahil, you're our icon master - can you comment on this issue?
Original comment by [email protected]
on 23 Aug 2010 at 5:00
- Added labels: Component-UI, OpSys-OSX, Usability
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Well... Suggestions??? The icon just sits there. Its not like it flashes or
anything. I followed and used OS X standards for menu icons. The only way to
make it more "subtle" would to make it grey, which would in turn bring up other
complaints since grey icons in the menu bar indicate that something is
inactive. When there is an action item for any other icon up there, like the
facebook notification app or others, the icon will change into a color icon.
The Android Notifier icon does not.
So in short, I'm failing to understand how it is so distracting. I would think
that anyone using this little app would know that the icon in the menu bar is
only there to indicate that the service is running. The only thing that would
and should distract you to get your attention would be the Growl notifications.
Remember folks, the menu icon is only there to show you that you have the
service running. Lots of utilities use this method, such as DropBox or
Facebook Notifications. Even your bluetooth and wifi services place icons in
the menu bar for the main purpose of letting you know it is running. The menu
bar was designed to give a home to small apps/utilities that, while important,
do not warrant the use and clutter of a dock icon.
Original comment by KahilYoung
on 23 Aug 2010 at 5:31
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Can we have the ability to turn it off? I have the program set up as I'd like
it and I'd much rather not even know that this program is running in the
background. If I want to modify my preferences, I can open it from my
Applications folder.
Original comment by [email protected]
on 6 Sep 2010 at 7:33
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That's the thing though... There is no normal application interface for the
app. It runs strictly from the status bar. You can't just go into your
application folder and manage the preferences. The only way to know it is
running and to manage/edit the preferences is from the status bar.
How many things do you have running up in the status bar? I'm sorry, I just
don't understand what the hype/frustration is over having that one, little icon
just sitting there. It is no different than the volume, bluetooth, wifi,
dropbox, search buttons that are always there. You know they are running and
active because they are there. If the notifier icon is there, then you will
know that the service is running and you will see your growl notifications.
So far no one has offered any suggestions as to what would make it more subtle
other than removing it. All I can suggest is to uncheck the option to have it
automatically run when you start the OS and only run it when you need/want it
to.
Original comment by KahilYoung
on 6 Sep 2010 at 7:45
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The solution we've thought about for this (see issue 6) is to have it show up
in the system preferences. While it's doable, I've been putting it off as it's
a considerable amount of rework (converting from a plain app to an app +
service + system preference).
Original comment by [email protected]
on 6 Sep 2010 at 7:48
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Currently, the number of icons I have up there takes up a large amount of
space. Programs with already long menu items are already a problem.
Original comment by [email protected]
on 6 Sep 2010 at 7:51
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A phone icon or an Android icon would both be rather more meaningful, even if
they didn't take up any less space.
Original comment by [email protected]
on 8 Sep 2010 at 1:51
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The original icon was an Android, but it was barely visible due to contrast.
Original comment by [email protected]
on 8 Sep 2010 at 1:58
- Changed state: Accepted
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Issue 63 has been merged into this issue.
Original comment by [email protected]
on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:04
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Here are two icons I work from the base official android robot (who is freely
usable under CC), I changed the official color because of the contrast issues.
Other possibility is choosing a different color from green, i. e., the blue of
the current icon.
Original comment by [email protected]
on 10 Sep 2010 at 11:10
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Ok ok ok... I will try to come up with something that is more subtle. I do
have an idea that I think will work. I will update everyone soon. The android
icon doesn't really work. Once you get it shrunken down to a menu bar icon
size, it doesn't really look good...just looks weird.
Original comment by KahilYoung
on 10 Sep 2010 at 11:23
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How about this? It still features our current icon, but it doesn't have the
dark colored fill that some found so distracting.
Lemme know what y'all think. If the majority of people like it, then Rodrigo
can issue an update one of these days.
Original comment by KahilYoung
on 11 Sep 2010 at 12:07
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Original comment by KahilYoung
on 11 Sep 2010 at 5:48
- Changed state: Resolved
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I like the new icon - an Android robot in that outline style would be even
nicer :)
Original comment by [email protected]
on 11 Sep 2010 at 4:21
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lol...i tried that... didn't look right. once shrunken down to the right
size, it just look like a blob.
Original comment by KahilYoung
on 11 Sep 2010 at 5:51
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Original comment by [email protected]
on 27 Sep 2010 at 5:29
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Originally I was not referring to the style or colour of the icon. The one
thing that puzzled me was the exclamation mark. This character implies that
something *already happened* that *needs my urgend attention*.
This is the commonly used metaphor for this character.
Using an exclamation mark in an icon that is used to access "only" preferences
without any urgent attention being needed breaks the learned usability pattern
of the system.
Original comment by [email protected]
on 31 Mar 2011 at 9:05
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