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[Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Hmm... here is a quote from Mark in an earlier thread that I started:
>
> "For designing indicators, ask yourself:
>
>  - what is the *status* I am conveying, and
>  - what options are there to manipulate that status?
>
> If you don't have both, especially the status, don't use an indicator.
> Use a menu."
>
> So... what's the "status" for the Gimp and F-spot mockups? Scale and tags
> don't seem to fit at all with the original Windicator idea. In fact the only
> one that seems to fit the status argument is the Firefox one, but you can't
> manipulate the status so it shouldn't be a Windicator
>
> Luke.
>

To be a little more productive, here are some ideas :)

Evolution:
   Connection status -
      Icons: Connected / Disconnected
      Options: Online / Offline

Firefox:
   Connection status -
     Icons: Connected / Disconnected
     Options: Online / Offline
   Ad-blocking Active -
     Icons: Coloured Adblock logo / Greyed Adblock logo
     Options: Enable / Disable
   Javascript Active:
     Icons: Coloured cog / Greyed Cog
     Options: Enable / Disable
   Bookmarked status:
     Icons: Yellow star / Empty grey outlined star
     Options: Bookmark / Delete bookmark

Gedit:
    Save Status -
       Icons: Coloured disk / Greyed Disk
       Options: Save / Revert

Luke.