Activity identicons v 1.99 :) (post-akademy)

[Chani]

On Monday, July 12, 2010 04:48:39 am Ivan Čukić wrote:
> > -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...

separate UI? wuh?
the combobox would be in the activity config UI (which is currently wedged 
into backgrounddialog, but will need to go somewhere more sensible in 4.6).

> 
> > 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 ;)
> 

I'm starting to wonder if maybe it's not so bad to leave it to the user. After 
all, we don't try to auto-name the activity for them, new activities currently 
start at "unnamed"...