On a later build the problem of the switched mirror buttons was solved -- btw, arrow buttons are better than the old triangles separated by a dot line. they are intuitive ..by default -> arrows means directions. Also rotate with 90 degrees buttons which are arrows too now - are the best options here -> they're so explicit much more than 2 triangles with 90 degrees in between. Button for creating spirals on toolbar are also a bad choice ( in the 15 May build ) it's hard to read it's icon and message for a newcomer to Inkscape. Buttons for node operations are also very unintuitive - old blue buttons was better from an usability point of view - they had a better readability. Regarding the fight between Fancy AND Usable ...Usable should win. Ever. 2009/5/15 Alvin Penner <penner@...1856...>: -- Nemes Ioan Sorin

On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 18:06 +0100, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: Whilst I did get used to the arrows, I think Thomas is right - the arrows could mean move rather than flip. The reflected triangles was a better representation. Yeah it's too faint. The new toolbar are icons are pretty - but I don't think they add to usability. Possibly the tweak tool is better represented by the finger than the strange wavey tool - but then, it doesn't work quite the same as the finger in GIMP... which is what I would expect - but I guess the functionality is 'similar'. Undecided. This is the worst aspect of the new icons in my view. To my eyes it's almost impossible to tell the difference between the symmetric and auto-smooth icons. The visual difference is that the node is round or diamond, but the handles are identical. The icons are small and not very crisp. See attached screen grab... The pre-set zooms of selection, drawing and page are also hard to distinguish. The identifying icons inside the magnifying glass are so small I actually need to look twice to make sure I'm choosing the right one. Sorry team - I don't think the icon switch is progress for usability and discoverability. I've filed a bug. New Icons SUCK!! https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/379641 -- Donna Benjamin - Executive Director Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414 open source - facilitation - web services -- Donna Benjamin - kattekrab.net Inkscape: Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics 0.47 is coming... http://www.inkscape.org

Correction: SPIcon actually has a handler for style-set, and at first glance it should work (e.g. icons should be updated when the theme changes), but for some reason it doesn't... Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Snaps-of-icon-issues-tp23555303p23645682.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.