[Pidgin] #1492: Coming-online and Going-offline icons should reverse directions

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Fri Jun 1 14:47:17 EDT 2007


#1492: Coming-online and Going-offline icons should reverse directions
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 Reporter:  sgarrity      |       Owner:  hbons
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:       
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0.1
 Keywords:                |     Pending:  0    
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 The icons that show when a buddy comes online or goes offline both use an
 arrow pointing into or our of a door. This makes sense. The icons also use
 color well (green for online, red for offline).

 However, it seems the direction of the arrows could be reversed. In left-
 to-right languages, the "right" direction indicates a positive (going in
 the same direction as text is read), and the left direction implies a
 negative (counter to the text direction.

 Is that insane? Perhaps a better argument would be that "they just *look*
 backwards".

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1492>
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