Re: [Ayatana] Software center icon needs designers minds, and new humanity desktop methafor.

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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David wrote on 07/09/11 18:00:
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> I see many criticisms yet a lack of proposals for a suitable
> replacement.
> 
>>> Without an explaination, people could dismiss that icon thinking "I 
>>> don't want to buy applications, I'll go to the internet and see
>>> where I can get some free .exes" :-p 
> 
> There was a variation of that issue with the original icon:
> 
> April testing:  The Software Centre is still not recognized and,
> during testing, was mistaken for ‘systems control’.
> 
> http://design.canonical.com/2011/04/unity-benchmark-usability-april-2011/
>...

It's not clear from the writeup, unfortunately, but that wasn't
referring to the icon. It was referring to the contents of the window,
which looked rather like the Control Panel in Windows.

I'm pretty confident nobody will get that impression from USC5.

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