[Dev] Re: [Design] Collection icons

[Davor Cubranic]

Philippe Bossut wrote:

> For 0.6 then, we decided to reduce the amount of info and to let go of 
> one info, namely, the "identity" (specialized icon) for the My 
> Calendar and Trash collections. We also decided to simplify the look 
> of the normal (non checked, non hovered) icon so that the difference 
> between checked and not checked is clear. We'll see how it looks in 
> the coming days. 

OK. Now, I wasn't quite clear on why hover was so important (see my last 
comment in the bug, 
https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4410), so I'm reading 
the 0.6 sidebar spec right now, and I see that it says that (sorry for 
repeating it, I just wanted to summarize here):

   1. collections can be overlaid on top of the selected collection. The
      calendar calls the overlays "activated (checked) collections".
   2. collections are activated (checked) by clicking on the checkbox
   3. the checkbox appears when the user mouses over the collection in
      the sidebar

I think this is counter-intuitive: an affordance (a box that can be 
checked) should not be hidden until the user happens to mouse over it. 
To me seeing icons switch from collection icon to a checkbox in a circle 
as I moved the mouse around looked too much like an incorrect hover icon 
was set. I see that Mimi posted a longer explanation in the design list, 
so I'll move the rest of my comments there.

Davor