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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the in/out axis is more important than the left/right axis.  So your suggestion would be an improvement.

> On 16 Jan 2018, at 11:40, Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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