Re: icon for kdenetwork/wifi (KWiFiManager)
Jonathan Riddell <jr <at> jriddell.org>
2004-05-01 20:13:13 GMT
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 03:44:25PM +0200, Stefan Winter wrote:
> > I'm not sure how much the connection level images can be updated, they
> > seem quite functional as they are. However I'm confused by the
> > oor_down and oor_minimum images, they are both the same image but
> > oor_down has some random extra pixels on it the meaning of which is
> > unclear. Maybe oor_minimum should have 2 bars filled in red (as none
> > of the others fill in two bars) and oor_down have one bar filled in
> > red and a big cross over it.
>
> Ah, well, I took almost the same icons as the Windows Orinoco Client Manager
> for Win 98. Those random pixels should symbolize a black flash (I guess) to
> show that something is wrong with the connection (i.e. no communication
> possible).
> Thinking of it, an icon with four instead of five levels of connection quality
> would suffice:
>
> excellent -> 4 bars (light green?)
> good -> 3 bars (dark green?)
> weak -> 2 bars (yellow)
> minimum -> 1 bar (red)
> oor_down -> 0 bars (with some sort of flash, I think people are used to it)
> offline -> 0 bars (without anything else)
I've updated the status icons to only have 4 bars with oor_down with
all bars empty and offline with a big cross through it.
Again, if you don't like them feel free to revert or comment or correct.
> BTW: the code even supports distinction of quality ratings on higher
> connection levels. Until now, everything above 25 shows the icon with the
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