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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for point it out.

I am on it.

cheers
Fabrizio


On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I second this.  The biggest offender that I can see is the new library
> viewer icon.  There are also a few images with a while border around
> them as well and the don't look very good with your typical grey toolbar
> color.
>
> On 6/5/2017 8:09 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> > I see some buggy icons, they contain a white background which makes
> > them look funky. Could you please fix those?  See attached.
> >
> > 2017-05-30 17:17 GMT+02:00 Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx
> >:
> >> here you go.
> >>
> >> Fabrizio
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I don't see any patches attached.
> >>>
> >>> 2017-05-30 14:54 GMT+02:00 Fabrizio Tappero <
> fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>> Hello Wayne,
> >>>> In attachment you can find a good review of approx 30 icons and a
> global
> >>>> simplification of approx 30 icons.
> >>>> I have also corrected some menu labels.
> >>>>
> >>>> Since there is a lot of corrected text that is very much related to
> >>>> English, it would be great if you could review it before submitting
> it.
> >>>> A
> >>>> not so fun work but I think it will make kicad a much better tool.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think it would be recommendable to avoid "a" and "the" in button and
> >>>> menu
> >>>> tooltips. So that it way easier to understand what the button or
> tooltip
> >>>> is
> >>>> about. The use of singular plural is also inconsistent and I tried to
> >>>> fix
> >>>> it. Please Wayne feel free to make any changes you think is important.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have also notices that several menus are a little inconstant. I will
> >>>> try
> >>>> work on it since I think the current kicad UI is very usable but it
> >>>> needs
> >>>> to be more consistent.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have tried to fixed a lot of icons so that their meaning is more
> >>>> immediate to understand. I have as well started a process of
> >>>> simplification
> >>>> of many redundant icons. I think it is important that we begin
> >>>> simplifing
> >>>> the kicad icon set because at the moment is really too large.
> >>>>
> >>>> Here below a detailed description of the changes.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> Fabrizio
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ### Deleted the following icons(deleted: svg, cpp and png):
> >>>> edit_component
> >>>> edit_part
> >>>> move_text
> >>>> rotate_field
> >>>> rotate_glabel
> >>>> rotate_module_cw
> >>>> rotate_module_ccw
> >>>> rotate_pin
> >>>> rotatehlabel
> >>>> many_good_icons
> >>>> dismiss
> >>>> move_track
> >>>> move_track_segment
> >>>> library2
> >>>> copy_button
> >>>> copyblock
> >>>> edit_sheet
> >>>> icon_text
> >>>> pagelayout_new
> >>>> sch_new
> >>>> rescue_pcbnew
> >>>> schematic
> >>>> pagelayout_load_default
> >>>> gerbview_open_recent_ziparchive_files
> >>>> gerbview_open_recent_drill_files
> >>>> gerber_recent_files
> >>>> pagelayout_recent
> >>>> revert_pcbnew
> >>>>
> >>>> ### Lightly modified icons:
> >>>> bom
> >>>> autoplace_fields
> >>>> flip_board
> >>>> duplicate_module
> >>>> delete
> >>>> new_sch
> >>>> new_pcb
> >>>> new_component
> >>>> general_deletions
> >>>> reload
> >>>> pagelayout_load
> >>>> add_line
> >>>> add_entry
> >>>> add_tracks
> >>>> add_tracks_and_vias
> >>>> about
> >>>> array_module
> >>>> image
> >>>> noconn
> >>>> add_dashed_line.svg
> >>>> add_bus.svg
> >>>> scheamatic
> >>>> resize_sheet
> >>>> eeschema
> >>>> netlist
> >>>> pagelayout_load_default
> >>>> datasheet
> >>>> svg_file
> >>>> pagelayout_normal_view_mode
> >>>> pagelayout_special_view_mode
> >>>> unknow
> >>>> export
> >>>> import
> >>>> pcb_update
> >>>> pcbnew
> >>>> editor
> >>>> edit
> >>>> directory
> >>>> browse_files
> >>>> icon_gerbview_small
> >>>> post_drill
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ### created few new icons that replace few icons used inproperly
> >>>> (created
> >>>> svg, cpp, png):
> >>>> exchange
> >>>> icon
> >>>> drag
> >>>> rescue
> >>>> path
> >>>> copy
> >>>> new_generic
> >>>> recent
> >>>> pcbcalculator
> >>>>
> >>>> ### Corrected some label content. It is important here to be rigorus
> >>>> about
> >>>> it. Inkscape could
> >>>> be a good tool that can be used as reference:
> >>>> eescheam rightclick menu
> >>>> cvpcb rightclick menu
> >>>> pcbnew rightclick menu
> >>>> libedit rightclick menu
> >>>> icon tooltips
> >>>> gerber and drill file menu
> >>>> main kicad hotkey icon menu
> >>>> fixes several tooltip phrases like "Opens a new schematic" into "Open
> >>>> new
> >>>> schematic sheet"
> >>>> few more menues and sub menus here and there (see git log for
> details).
> >>>>
> >>>> Beside makes many icons more effective, this massive patch is trying
> to
> >>>> rise the quality of the kicad UI. Few examples are:
> >>>> write all words in a menu  with capital letter. Tooltip sentence
> should
> >>>> start with capital letter.
> >>>> do not end a menu item is with a dot "."
> >>>> do not use "the" or "a" when possible for both tooltip and menu item
> >>>> use consistent and meaninguful text. "Set Language" is better than
> >>>> "Language".
> >>>> "Set grid origin" is better than "Set origin point for the grid"
> >>>> limit use of "..." (this is a debatable issue)
> >>>> etc.
> >>>>
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