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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think you are all correct. During my revamp of the icons I tried to
achieve two things:

1. Differentiate between import and export based on arrow direction
(generally import arrows are right to left, and export are left to right)
2. Place import icons on the left, and export on the right (following the
"flow" outlined in 1)

However this means that both arrows are effectively flowing "out of" the
document.

I think that if the import icons are moved to the right hand side, then
they will then look like they are flowing "into" the document.

Thoughts?

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 9:10 PM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> >>
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> >
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