[Sugar-devel] About customization of xo icon

[Ignacio Rodríguez]

+1 for the idea :)


2013/6/16 Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org>

> When the background image feature was included, we discussed
> run a contest to create background images. May be we can do the same
> with the icons?
>
> Gonzalo
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Ignacio Rodríguez <nachoel01 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> > The only way I see this proposal can be better if we have a collection
>> of icons
>> > easily identifiable with the xo icon kid, like adding a football ball,
>> or dancing, painting, and so,
>> > and with the entities defined to preserve the user colors.
>>
>> Yes, they must be created. The tube phone was to test . Since it was the
>> only icon I had on hand.
>>
>>
>> 2013/6/16 Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org>
>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 5:21 AM, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sunday, 16 June 2013, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think we should decide if changing the xo icon is a feature we
>>>>> _really_ want
>>>>> include in sugar.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure if add too much value, but probably can add confusion,
>>>>> more if is applied in all the places where the xo icons is used , like
>>>>> the actual
>>>>> implementation do. May be we can limit the change to only the
>>>>> favorites view?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Can you elaborate on where/why it would be confusing?
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you look at the icon in the example image in the feature page,
>>> is a pair of telephone tubes. I can hear teachers of support groups in
>>> deployments trying to explain how to go to the control panel,
>>> saying "press  over the icon with the kid like you have in the back of
>>> your computer",
>>> and that icon does not exist in any place. And the proposed patch don't
>>> change the icon in the home page, but in all places. Is good for
>>> consistency,
>>> but will add more noise.
>>>
>>> Can be more confusing if the kid decide use a activity icon as his xo
>>> icon too.
>>>
>>> Another issue to evaluate: In the case of the home background, we have
>>> tools
>>> like Paint, and the kids can draw their own backgrounds or take photos,
>>> if the icons are svg, they can't create new icons.
>>>
>>> The only way I see this proposal can be better if we have a collection
>>> of icons
>>> easily identifiable with the xo icon kid, like adding a football ball,
>>> or dancing, painting, and so,
>>> and with the entities defined to preserve the user colors.
>>>
>>> Gonzalo
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Ignacio Rodríguez
>>
>
>


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