Hi,
I have put together another set of icons (attached) that I hope will
provide a compromise.
- The designs are based primarily on Charles's.
- They are 16x16 (if we want extra spacing, let's just put it in the
markup instead of relying on the icons to create space between the
lines)
- Each has a different background color which should help when scanning
a long list of techniques (I don't care which colour goes with which
icon).
- However, the icons do not rely on this color - they each have a unique
shape as well.
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Cheers,
Jan
Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>
> Hmmm. I think that having them renderable with a height of 16 pixels means
> they will work nicely at a common font size of between 8 and 15 points
> without disturbing the layout.
>
> I don't care about the width much, although anything bigger than 2 and a half
> times the height would look funny I suspect (I am not going to measure the
> WAI icons, but I think they are no more than that).
>
> I actually find it much easier to read when the text is somewhat more
> spaced, so personally prefer the larger size. Therefore I vote for larger
> icons that can be still be easily distinguished at 16x16
>
> Looking at the icons page in double size and half size was interesting for me
> to think about it. Different browsers do this very differently, too.
>
> cheers
>
> Charles
>
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Jan Richards wrote:
>
> Before we start mixing and matching icons of different styles, let's at
> least decide how large they should be displayed.
>
> I vote for 16 x 16 to lessen the likelihood that the icons will change
> the line spacing.
>
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