Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: Submit your Bold icons

never noticed that. that's quite funny when you point that out.

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Mirek M. <mazelm@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2012/3/6 Andrew Pullins <android2772@gmail.com>
>
> > I like your Line idea Mirek to switch the underline to a
> > under/over/through/double through/double under line drop down. how hard
> > would it be to just go with the different letters. I know it would be
> best
> > just to have one icon for all language's but it makes most sense to have
> > the different letters.
>
> Right now, the tango icon set doesn't use the letters and nobody's
> complaining.
>
> There are several problems with translatable icon sets:
> - You have to do a lot of work to translate every icon into the multitude
> of languages that LibO supports, and to check that they fit in with the UI
> in every language.
> - They're inconsistent -- only some icons are translated. For example,
> "Super-script" and "sub-script" icons use letters, but they'd be hard to
> translate. "Increase font size" and "Decrease font size" also tend to not
> be translated.
> - Once you get used to reading icons, icons with the same letter (like "C"
> for cross-through or color) get confusing. There aren't many duplicates in
> English, but that might not be true for all our supported languages.
> - Using different letters creates words. I noticed this in my Citrus UI
> mockups -- "B" for bold, "I" for Italic, "L" for Line, "C" for color, and
> "H" for highlight put next to each other make me read it as "bilch", which
> is quite close to an English swear.
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Mirek M. <mazelm@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 2012/3/5 Bhaavan Merchant <bhaavanmerchant@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > > Shouldn't Bold, Italics, Underline shift to *B* , *I* *,* and *U*
> > instead
> > > > of using A? Analytically, it will appeal to users more, and it will
> be
> > > > easier to grasp. Visual cues are difficult to notice immediately.
> > >
> > > If we did this, we would have to translate these icons for every
> language
> > > supported by LibreOffice. We would also have to translate icons such as
> > > "highlight", "font color", etc. There would also be problem areas like
> > > superscript or subscript, for which it is hard to pick the right
> letters.
> > > Overall, it's just easier and more consistent to go with international
> > > symbols.
> > >
> > > > --
> > > > Bhaavan Merchant
> > > >
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