<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2745.2800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma">I think I would have to agree with this one, seeming that most people really don't understand the hard drive concept, but many people have used paper and filing methods. >>> "John C Barstow" <jbowtie@amathaine.com> 11/10/2005 3:13 pm >>> > Jakub Steiner wrote: > we've had numerous discussions about this and we're more than inclined > to drop the floppy. What we need is a usable replacement for the floppy > metaphore. We had a number of suggestions and the best so far were a > folder with an arrow pointing towards it (which wouldn't be easily > distinguishable if we kept the current document-open folder icon) and > the drive icon instead of the folder. This remains an open issue. How about a document going into a folder? I'm thinking: document (half-size, top-left, foreground), folder (half-size, bottom-right, background), curved arrow pointing from document to folder. I don't know how that would play at small sizes, but it's the mental image I got when thinking about this. It also ties it more clearly to document manipulation. Someone else suggested just replacing the floppy with a USB key, but that'll probably be dated quickly enough. > It's another case of a dying technology, and apparently not very > obviously drawn ;) It was supposed to be a film roll. Again, not feeling > strongly about this ... Oh, I remember those!  My parents used to have a film camera. :) Maybe an actual camera, a framed photo, or collection of photos would be better. > Personaly I don't see the resemblance a problem. MS mouse is one of the > most common mice on the market. The computer monitor was also modeled > after my own Sony monitor. I view SONY just about as evil as Microsoft. I think that the monitor is somewhat less distinctive (I certainly can't tell what brand a monitor is on the store shelves). Maybe it would be sufficient to get rid of the blurred logo text? That certainly makes the mouse seem less than generic. > That one I quite like. Changing themes is like changing skins, but I > thought a few shirts may be more appropriate than, you know.. ;) I see your point, but does it make sense in cultures where people don't have ties? :) > I'm not sure what you mean about the wallpaper. We had a gnome icon of a > wallpaper but it failed to communicate the message as well as the > paint/brush. I guess I consider painting mutually exclusive with wallpapering. I'll take your word that it is more intuitive. -- John C Barstow GNOME Translation Project _______________________________________________ Tango-artists mailing list Tango-artists@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/tango-artists </BODY></HTML>