Activity identicons v 1.99 :) (post-akademy)

Ivan Čukić ivan.cukic at gmail.com
Mon Jul 12 13:48:39 CEST 2010


> -in the activity configuration, there would be something that looks like a
> combobox to chose icons, that shows just the set of "20 good ones" or an
> "other..." option

Yeah, we'll need to discuss this one a bit more - whether it is good
(usability-wise) to make a separate UI for icon choosing. Maybe we
could add another category to the icon chooser...

> My only concern remains about auto-generated icons. I really don't see
> the point of them, but, again, i might be completely wrong. Having just

It is a visual distinction - it is a bit subliminal, but after a
while, your mind will connect a pattern to a specific activity and
will find it easier.

I agree that setting a generic ugly icon would /force/ users to choose
custom ones, but I'm not sure that would be such a good idea ;)


Ivan

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