[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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