New "Message Icons"

[Corwin]

Hmmm, we $pend a lot of time discussing that slippery slope thing.  How 'bout something like this slide in Festool green?

 

[Overtime]

Here's a downhill Jump slide game web thing deal.
Left click to go.

 

[Eli]

Yeah, but where's the laminate trimmers and the belt sander? What about the CMS?

(you're just making this way too much fun for me, I can't stop)

Don't keel me Fred..

 

[Ned]

Not cool at all.

In a page that lists the threads in a sub-forum, use of the tool icons doubles or triples the vertical space occupied by a thread.  Whatever your screen size, you see less information (the thread titles) and have to scroll more.

While the icons are decorative, they don't convey any useful information that we couldn't have done before.

Festool Green smilies, OTOH, would be cute without penalty.

Ned

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Not cool at all.

In a page that lists the threads in a sub-forum, use of the tool icons doubles or triples the vertical space occupied by a thread.  Whatever your screen size, you see less information (the thread titles) and have to scroll more.

Good point.  Until I saw the icons actually used, it was hard to know how they would appear in the board indexes.  I'll reduce the size of the icons so their height is equal to the smaller ones we were using before.

While the icons are decorative, they don't convey any useful information that we couldn't have done before.

I'll disagree about that.  When these are put into use and become more of a part of the forum communication, I think they will send a visual sense of the kinds of topics people are posting.

Also, they are optional.  People can use them if they want to highlight the topic, but they don't have to.

Matthew

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Everyone,
I just reduced the size of the icons so they don't alter the indexing on a board's main page.
Matthew

 

[Ned]

Objection withdrawn.

If you're not seeing the new, smaller tool icons, clear your cache and try again.  On Firefox, Tools/Clear Private Data and check Cache.

Ned

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Ned,
I'm glad you objected.  That's why I post these discussions, after all -- to get honest feedback!
Your comments led to an improved offering, so I thank you for speaking up.
Matthew