[IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 15, Issue 114

[Jim Simmons]

Fred,

Your points are the same ones I had.  There is no animation in the
icon, though.  Not sure what you're seeing.  I'm going to have to go
with this design unless someone comes up with something better,
though.  I need a symbol that suggests what the thing is for.  My
brain just doesn't work that way, and I'm not happy with any of my
icons.

Personally I liked the perspective and was pleased to discover that
Inkscape supports drawing objects like that.  My first attempt at this
object was a freehand Isometric drawing that looked like crap.  This
one at least looks like what it's supposed to be.  Which would be OK
if anyone younger than me could recognize it.  Or a carousel slide
projector, or a scroll either.

I agree about the letters.  I considered them more a decoration than
anything else and I'll be leaving them in for the time being.

Hopefully some of us on this list are right-brained types who can
suggest something better.

James Simmons


> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:48:53 -0400
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> Sorry to offer a negative review, but I struggled to understand the image at
> the small size and perspective.
> Perspective recognition can difficult for anything but the simplest object.
> It took me a second look in another context to figure out what the final
> object was.
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> The animation might be interesting the first few times, but may easily
> become a distraction.  Icons are best when they are instantly recognized and
> display a token of what's to come, not too much information.
>
> The letters,  I A , conveyed that there was textual content, but the
> initials would not match the name in other languages, and be another burden
> to change.
>
> Thank you for you contributing and braving your art!       --Fred