[OWW-SC] New icons for OWW Feedback and Lab Notebook

[Jenny Nguyen]

All sounds good. Just let me know what icons I now need to make along with
feedback on what ideas you have for that icon.

Jenny

On Jan 20, 2008 11:25 AM, Reshma Shetty <rshetty at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Some quick suggestions re navigation on the site ...
>
> 1) Let's use the current community portal navigation bar icon (the talk
> bubble) as the icon for feedback and remove the community portal link from
> the navigation bar.  Although I think the community portal should be useful,
> I am not sure that we've effectively figured out how to use the community
> portal page on OWW so keeping it in the navigation box on the side is
> probably unnecessary.  In the two days since the feedback page was launched,
> I think it has shown itself to be more useful than the community portal ever
> was :)  Does anyone on the SC use the community portal or object to this
> change?
>
> 2) I've switched out the community portal button on the main page to
> instead point to blogs.  Again, I think blogs are gaining more traction than
> the community portal ever did.  Please let me know if you object.  (We
> talked about this idea previously at an SC meeting but we never actually
> implemented it.)
>
> 3) I've removed the random page link from the default mediawiki sidebar.
> Again, I don't think it is a particularly useful link to justify being
> included on all pages by default.  But let me know if you object.
>
> -Reshma
>
> PS I'm also ok with a new loudspeaker-like icon for the feedback link.  I
> just don't like the current icon that's there ... though I think Bill did
> exactly the right think in just posting the feedback link with an icon
> rather than waiting to get the perfect icon.
>
> On Jan 17, 2008 4:16 PM, Bill F <bill.altmail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Jenny,
> >
> > We need to come up with a few icons for OpenWetWare. I'd like some
> > advice/assistance from you when you have a chance. If anyone else has any
> > ideas, please let us know.
> >
> > We need two of the tiny blue icons the same size as the house, lab
> > beaker, question mark, etc. that used are in the
> > navigation links on the left hand side of all wiki pages.
> >
> > "Donate" will be under the "Random page" item.
> > "Feedback" will be the last item, just under donate. If we had a larger
> > version of the same icon available, I can include it on the page.
> >
> > Any suggestions on what to use for these items?
> >
> > We also would like to come up with a set of icons/graphics for the Lab
> > Notebook. We have three levels in the lab notebook:
> >
> > Main Lab Notebook
> > Project
> > Entry
> >
> > We can use consistent icons on all pages or use variations for the main
> > level, the project view, and the entry (date) view.
> >
> > Let me know what you all think about how this might work.
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Bill Flanagan
> >
> >
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