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Le 15/01/2018 à 08:51, Marco Ciampa a écrit :
> Hi Oliver,
> about the bikeshedding thing I am not even a developer and I have the
> audacity to say my thoughts about the icons!!!
> 
> Follows my 0.0000002 euro cents
> 
> My very humble opinion is that the import icon is not that clear and can
> be improved alot in this way: just change the direction and position of
> the arrow, the colour could stay as it is, it doesn't matter.
> 
> I mean that the export icon is (almost) ok since it represent what I
> expect in an "export" icon: the "out" direction is clear: just describe
> an arrow that points _out_ of a document.
> 
> Similarly the import icon should represent the "in" direction: and arrow
> that point _into_ a document, not another arrow pointing out of the same
> document but with a different color...

I fully agree...

> 
> I mean (ascii art: see it with a monospaced font):
> 
> Export:
> 
> |--------|
> |        | |\
> |      |---| \
> |      |      \
> |      |      /
> |      |---| /
> |        | |/
> |--------|
> 
> Import:
> 
>   |--------|
>   | |\     |
> |---| \    |
> |      \   |
> |      /   |
> |---| /    |
>   | |/     |
>   |--------|
> 
> 
> I think this is much clearer...
> 
> --
> 
> 
> Marco Ciampa


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