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[Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Oliver, your thoughts?

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 09:09:48AM +0100, jp charras wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
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