PackageKit UI

[Ian Chapman]

Richard Hughes wrote:

>>>> What information does the opened/closed box icon give, apart from "we
>>>> have good graphists"?
>>> Open = installed, closed = not installed. The icons also change if you
>>> select them to be added or removed.
>> That's, errr, non-obvious.  At all.  I don't see how an icon can
>> convey that kind of thing in an obvious way, to be honest.  A
>> word+color code combination would probably be better. 

> Colour is a bad indicator as many people don't "do" colour.

I think the icon idea is OK but the box icon isn't very obvious. I think 
something along the lines of a globe with a downwards pointing green 
arrow overlaid on top could represent "not installed, package needs to 
be retrieved/downloaded", whilst installed packages could be represented 
by a silver hard disk icon, perhaps with word 'installed' written on the 
hard disk label.



-- 
Ian Chapman.