Icon button for Online Queries is the same as Show Coordinates For Mouse Pointer #2710
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Hello @Keatah! OK, developers can reproduce the issue. Thanks for the report! |
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Yes I also have seen it. But too late. (It used to be different...) |
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It used to look like this:
The SVG sources, though, don't have the question mark, that's why the regenerated icon lost it. I wonder though, why it even looked like a pointer touching a coordinate grid, even if with a question mark. Does such an icon make sense? |
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I admit I am bad with icon design. The crossmark with mouse arrow implies a target, and the question mark a query. In total "what's here". |
That's OK, me too :D
This sounds convincing enough. I suppose then, I'll just edit the SVG icon to add a question mark, and regenerate the PNGs. What font did you use for the question mark? |
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OMG. Whatever I found in Photoshop. This was just something quick... Maybe also @martinber can suggest something better? |
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Does this look acceptable as a fix?
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I would go fo something like a "help cursor" icon
For consistency I used the same question mark font as the help window already present. I don't want to use the same crosshair because it would be too similar to "show coordinates of mouse pointer". I will try now to think how to represent a target better |
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Yes, that's also OK. Is there any standardized icon element to put "web" into the interpretation? |
It was identical to that of Pointer Coordinates plugin because the initial low-resolution PNGs were created directly ignoring the SVG source. Now the SVG source was edited, and the new PNGs are regenerated from it. Issue #2710
OK, for now I've pushed what I had in a comment above. Leaving this issue open for the time when we have a final alternative icon. |
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Which one do you think is more clear?
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Left bottom |
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IMO, the clearest one that shows the intent is the star+pointer+questionMark. Maybe the star could be replaced with a Saturn-like planet, because the star seems too overloaded a concept, especially a five-pointed one. |
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I agree, left bottom. It can be read as "search worldwide". Right center is what I had in my mind earlier today, "what does the www say about this". But it's characters, so left bottom is better. |
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OK, the bottom-left one reflects the plugin name, Online Queries, without any hint at mouse-pointing, so maybe it's the best then. |
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Tried some more and I think both top ones are good enough. The only problem with the top-left is that it is similar to equatorial and azimuth grids
Will do the top left one |
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Hello @Keatah! Please check the fresh version (development snapshot) of Stellarium: |
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Hello @Keatah! Please check the latest stable version of Stellarium: |
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Love all the active development happening here. |
Two buttons have the same icon. One of them matches it's function, the "Show coordinates of the mouse pointer". Makes sense, a pointer and crosshair..
The other, "Show window for Online Queries" isn't a good fit. Seems like it should have a different design or something.
Win10
stellarium-1.22.3-win64.exe
If you need more info I will provide it.
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