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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW, I also agree that the current import arrow is backwards.

> On 16 Jan 2018, at 07:11, Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
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>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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