[Tango-artists] Session icons

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On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 23:47:35 +0100, Manu Cornet <Manu.Cornet at GMail.com> wrote:
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> * What about them ? Is there anything I can do to make them more
> "Tango-compliant" ? I realize that they probably still need a bit of
> polishing before getting real, final icons of the right size.
> 
I like the restart and shutdown ones. While there is already a shutdown icon 
in the Tango set I think I probably prefer the one here, the existing one
doesn't convey the idea as well as a commonly regognised simble.

The logout button looks a bit funny though, probably because of the shine to it,
which most doors don't have :)

> * Do you have any idea for Hibernate and Suspend icons [1] ? I thought
> I'd make the Hibernate one blue because it could look like an ice cube
> or something, but other ideas are very welcome. I also thought of making
> one of these two have something like "Zzz" in it, but some people think
> users without any "cartoon" culture wouldn't necessarily understand.
> 
I don't know what the Tango policy is on using colours as different states,
but how about the shutdown icon in green, amber, and red, showing different
degress of stopping.

I think the problem here is conveying the different types of shutting down to
non-technical users, since in a lot of cases the result seen is the same for all
of them - the screen turning off, and possibly the fans stopping.

Jon Wood