[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] copy-to-option in Journal (part of removing the keep button)

[Gary Martin]

Hi Simon,

On 6 Jun 2011, at 12:27, Simon Schampijer wrote:

> On 05/25/2011 12:49 AM, Simon Schampijer wrote:
>> I have now implemented everything like described below (4-7). The only
>> thing I need is an icon for the clipboard option. Some icon ideas: the
>> pin from the Physics activity, a paper clip (or is that too much Windows
>> Word :). Patches, mockups...welcome! Go designers go!
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Simon
> 
> In the design meeting it has been argued that the 'copy-to-Journal' [1] might be misleading. And instead make it a separate function in the palette [2]. Walter people in the meeting wanted your opinion on that?
> 
> I still need the icon for the clipboard. Any news on those?

Here's a shot at the icon for edit-duplicate. I've gone for the simplest step from our existing icon desing, using a + rather than an arrow to indicate duplication rather than movement. An alternative if you want something more distinct could be two overlapping rectangles, one with a + sign in, but that would be different to the current visual language:

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For the clipboard icon I have been thinking we might want to stay with the toolbar-edit scissors icon to reinforce the idea of the Activity Edit toolbar where copy and paste access is the common use case. Here's a quick mockup of what the scissors might look like in the palette:

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I have a half finished simplified clipboard silhouette I could complete if folks don't like the idea of re-using the scissors (a clipboard shape also allows for using user fill/stroke colour, though I don't think that is essential here).

Manuel, you mentioned in the design meeting you had some ideas for a clipboard icon, did you make any progress or have some suggestions?

Regards,
--Gary

> Regards,
>   Simon
> 
> [1] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/4_copy-to.png
> [2] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/duplicate.png
> 
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