[Sugar-devel] Backup and Restore activity icons

[Gary Martin]

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On 1 Oct 2010, at 16:46, Gary C Martin <garycmartin at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Sascha,
> 
> As per your request on irc for some icon alternatives/clean-ups for your Backup and Restore activities, here are a few variations/iterations. First off, here is a simple clean-up of the two icons you are using now, scale of each now match, and colour is correct:
> 
> <Backup_icon_1.png>
> 
> <Restore_icon_1.png>
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> <Backup_icon_1.svg>
> 
> <Restore_icon_1.svg>
> 
> 
> Next I tried to make more explicit the target/destination. I went for the USB icon as the most generic storage device, though Backup/Restore would work to any storage hw device:
> <Backup_icon_2.png>
> 
> <Restore_icon_2.png>
> 
> <Backup_icon_2.svg>
> 
> <Restore_icon_2.svg>
> 
> 
> 
> With the above, I worried that the change in arrow direction alone was not a clear enough indicator for two activities. Below I've added a dot to indicate the target/destination:
> <Backup_icon_3.png>
> 
> <Restore_icon_3.png>
> 
> <Backup_icon_3.svg>
> 
> <Restore_icon_3.svg>
> 
> 
> Finally one more iteration just using the target/destination dot. This allows larger details and abstracts away from USB hardware:
> <Backup_icon_4.png>
> 
> <Restore_icon_4.png>
> 
> <Backup_icon_4.svg>
> 
> <Restore_icon_4.svg>
> 
> 
> Any catch your eye?
> 
> Regards,
> --Gary