[hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will happen

[Josh Luthman]

Changing the Hobbit background is a whole other situation.  I think we
should work out what works best for icons before working on the background.

I think we all agree that the shapes need to change.  We don't like the
devil and triclops for visibility reasons.  I like the road signs idea and I
also like my idea of the +, X, O shapes for green/red/yellow.

Does anyone have any art skills?  I skipped art class in High School.

Josh Luthman
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Rafal Roginela <
Rafal.Roginela at americashloans.net> wrote:

>  HI,
>
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> Don't want to seem like I'm butting in but how bout road sign shapes they
> have colors and shapes that most people know meaning of: stop sign is read
> and has the familiar octagon shape, triangle for caution is usually orange,
> and a circle for green might be a good way to do it. Just my 2 cents. Love
> the hobbit no matter what the icons it is the best!!
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> Thank You
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> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, August 11, 2008 10:20 AM
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> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will
> happen
>
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> I've always had it easy seeing colors but I am near sighted.  I can see the
> Hobbit display on a projector that is a good ~18 feet wide, reading the text
> as well.  Colors were easier to read so it must be Galen's idea of "Macular
> Degeneration" or some sort of color blindness.
>
> Maybe we should follow the idea of doing different symbols.  A green plus,
> red X, yellow circle for <24h and maybe just animate them for anything >24h?
>
> Also I've been kind of curious as to why the default green <24h icon is a
> triclops...
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
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> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> --- Henry Spencer
>
>  On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com>
> wrote:
>
> If you've ever been to a real NOC, you'll notice that they usually have a
> large set of displays that are set up around the room for viewing problems
> at a glance.  I can understand where they would be viewing from a distance.
>
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> Ideally, to aid color blind folks (I work with a guy that has Macular
> Degeneration and requires a special application that reverses his video) and
> those that are visually impaired, the icon set should have different shapes
> associated with them as well.  I'd have to go look but I think Steve
> Aiello's set on The Shire are this way.
>
>
>
> =G=
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>
> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, August 11, 2008 10:08 AM
>
>
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will
> happen
>
>
>
> I'm sorry...from a distance?
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>
>
> It's a computer screen, not a TV.
>
> You can make your own custom smilies anyways.  Just overwrite the images.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> --- Henry Spencer
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 02 August 2008, Thomas Leavitt wrote:
> > My wife is a professional web/graphic designer.
> >
> > I'll ask her to play around with creating another set of icons, although
> > Steve's should be acceptable to the PHB types.
> >
> > I do have to say that no one here has grumbled at me about the name or
> > the iconss.
>
> I received some remarks from some of my collegaes.  4 of them have color
> blindness and it's very dificult to see the differences between the smileys
> from a distance.
>
>
> Stef
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