[Tango-artists] sync icon

[David Jordan]

I am no artist, just a software developer. Though I did work on file 
synchronization at one time...

Synchronization involves getting two (or more) things in sync, i.e. 
equal in value. So here's an idea.

The center of the icon will be an equals sign, implying left and right 
"operands" are equal. The left and right "operands" could be a 
rectangle (arranged vertically) to symbolize two files. The equals sign 
should be more prominent than the operands. That alone could represent 
the status of being synchronized. Then to represent the activity of 
synchronization, there would be arrows (just simple < and >) that would 
be superimposed over (on top of) the equals sign, suggesting movement 
of state between the two icons. This would be in a different color, 
like red, which I think will appear visually as closer to the viewer 
than the equals sign (which I'd make the dark blue against light blue 
background. A very crude ASCII rendering of this would be something 
like O<=>O, though again, the two arrows would be on top of the equals.

I won't be offended if this is rejected, I am just sharing an idea. Its 
the most I can do for having such a great icon set to work with...


David Jordan
Research Associate, Bioinformatics Group
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill NC 27599-7295
Ph: 919-966-3098