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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think people necessarily associate shopping bags with paid apps.
People using Android (Which uses a bag as it's icon) tend to get more free
apps than paid ones. They still use the Market icon, which looks like a
shopping bag. I very rarely see any Android users opening up the browser to
go to the internet and look for some free .apks.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 18:40, gespertino@xxxxxxxxx <gespertino@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 2011/9/6 Eylem Koca <eylemkoca@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > How about putting the U with the downward arrow
> > (http://ubuntuone.com/30SgZIkoCLbxKWGhS2CUpY) on the side of the bag?
>
> Don't. Please.
> I pointed an alternative to show that it is possible to come up with
> something different than a shopping bag in a simple, readable manner.
> Stuffing this simpler idea on an already cluttered icon with serious
> problems in small sizes won't help.
> If the meaning of the bag alone isn't enough to communicate the idea,
> then it's not matter of adding elements to the bag, but to think a
> difference alternative.
> Remember that an icon needs to be as clear as possible to communicate
> its function in different sizes. Simplicity favours that.
> I'm so against the bag icon not because I think commerce is bad. I'm
> against it because shopping apps ISN'T the primary function of our
> software centre.
> Other appstores have a strong commercial presence with several
> freebies. Our "store" is quite different: we have lots of free
> applications and very few commercial ones.
> This can change in the future, of course, but in the meantime, the
> icon communicate "enter here to buy applications" when it's not the
> case.
> 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
>
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