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Bug 30878 - Narayam icon should be less confusing


Summary:	Narayam icon should be less confusing

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Product:	MediaWiki extensions
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Narayam (Other open bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Low minor (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Santhosh Thottingal

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Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2011-09-12 19:05 UTC by Srikanth Logic
Modified:	2013-03-19 12:31 UTC (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester:	---

Attachments
alternative icon for inactive Narayam (565 bytes, image/png) 2011-11-09 05:34 UTC, Santhosh Thottingal	Details
Screenshot of extension active on ml.wikipedia (108.33 KB, image/png) 2012-03-06 23:52 UTC, Krinkle	Details
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Description Srikanth Logic 2011-09-12 19:05:49 UTC

Can we have a small keyboard icon like how IBUS has, additionally the X on top icon makes it unclear what it is.First look,the Icon didnt convey anything and we had to figure what the icon since default IME state is off. Minor UX feedback

Comment 1 Santhosh Thottingal 2011-11-09 05:34:41 UTC

Created attachment 9395 [details]
alternative icon for inactive Narayam

Attached an alternative for the inactive icon. Does it look ok for you?

Comment 2 Siebrand Mazeland 2011-11-14 09:25:07 UTC

Will be addressed one way or another soon.

Comment 3 Siebrand Mazeland 2011-12-15 18:20:16 UTC

Lowering priority pending UI redesign.

Comment 4 Krinkle 2012-03-06 23:52:13 UTC

Created attachment 10187 [details]
Screenshot of extension active on ml.wikipedia

I've attached an example of what this currently looks like on ml.wikipedia.

Imho it currently looks horrible. It's grabbing a lot of attention with it's darkness and bold red strike.

Tells me more like "Your input method is broken, buy a new keyboard!"

Comment 5 Mark A. Hershberger 2012-05-28 17:56:27 UTC

Lowering priority on high priority bugs that have a low severity

Comment 6 Krinkle 2012-06-07 14:54:24 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Created attachment 9395 [details]
> alternative icon for inactive Narayam
> 
> Attached an alternative for the inactive icon. Does it look ok for you?

That looks better. The red line through the pencil being gone makes the pencil visible.

However both the current and your version imho share a bigger issue, the fact that not having made a choice is considered an "error" or "alert". This leaves ambiguity and unclearness. Right now it is telling me "You cannot/may not/not allowed to/unable to/... edit this page", whereas all it should say is "You haven't chosen a custom input method helper yet".

I'd recommend going for a dimmed icon (grey/disabled look) and making the "active" icon more interesting, rather than the opposite.

Comment 7 Santhosh Thottingal 2013-03-19 05:18:25 UTC

Narayam is deprecated in favor of Universal Language Selector.

Comment 8 Andre Klapper 2013-03-19 12:25:33 UTC

Santhosh: Does that mean that you would refuse patches to fix this issue in Narayam?

Comment 9 Santhosh Thottingal 2013-03-19 12:31:05 UTC

(In reply to comment #8)
> Santhosh: Does that mean that you would refuse patches to fix this issue in
> Narayam?

No, if it is not changing the icon drastically, we can consider changing. Icon change alone won't fix its usability issues though.

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