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[Jim Rorie <jfrorie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed.  Currently it's not obvious which state it's in on laptops on
battery.  The green color was better, at least the state had better
contrast.  But for people with a color deficit, the green isn't obvious.
The icon needs to change in some way. The no-Wifi indicator with both
color and the exclamation is a good example to follow.  It doesn't rely
on color alone and gets the point across.

I'm not sure a typical flasher is a good solution.  I think a subtle
animation that triggered every 15 seconds or so might be a better match
for the minimalist approach they are taking. If animations are indeed
part of the spec.

As for the Indicator session, It's suffering from the same problems.
Invisible and Available are not easily discernible.  I'm not crazy about
the lack of color here, just from pure aesthetics.  Just my opinion. 

As a whole, I think the new icons are a more professional and less
cartoonish.  I'm sure they are much easier to design.  But I think they
swung a bit to far on the minimalist side.



On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 02:32 +0100, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op donderdag 18-03-2010 om 22:32 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Nicholas
> Ipsen(Sephiroth_VII):
> > The indicator-applet is way more of an eyecatch in Lucid.
> 
> Huh?  It's actually worse for me, as the only thing it does is a small
> change in brightness of a small grey icon.  To attract attention, it
> should be "annoying" (flashing or moving or something like that).
> 
> (Tested on an up-to-date lucid system & restarted everything to be sure
> I had the latest indicator applet.)
> 
>