skip icons

[Myriam Schweingruber]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 17:17, Thomas Lübking <thomas.luebking at web.de> wrote:
> the vertical bar of the skip icon clashing the round outer icons
> (playpause/volume) is a visual error. (period. it might be considerd required,
> but visually it's plain wrong. dont argue ;-P )
>
> attached are shots of two different skip icons, one removing the bar entirely
> (thus lowering the "skip" factor) and one with a "broken"/"bended" bar
> (actually it's just a slimmer version of the angle part)
>
> my personal impression is that the bar-less arrows could trigger a false
> impression ("non destructive" like tabbars, treeviews or popup menus) and
> actually don't shout "skip" at all.
> the  other icon (which looks a bit like bending space) could be seen as too
> exotic.
> none of them looks as cumbersome as the bar+angle we've at the moment.
>
> as the intention is to get a connection between the labels and skipping, i'd
> pick the variant with the bended bar, but maybe so. has objections or a better
> idea.

I really dislike these bars, since it makes the arrows look awkward
and more like a double arrow which makes me think of "Fast Forward" or
"Skip to the end". A definite +1 for the simple arrows in
amarok_arrows6.jpg



Regards, Myriam.

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