[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23333: New icons

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#23333: New icons
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 Reporter:  empireoflight   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ui-focus        |
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Comment (by kopepasah):

 I too agree that we need something that is scaleable for the future.
 However, the current icons in trunk simply do not mesh well with the
 design of the admin area.

 I am also with @helen on this. We need to clarify on what needs to improve
 within the admin UI and not limit our discussion on the icons alone.

 '''On a side note'''

 I feel that making the icons too simple will cause issues in the future
 with something so extendable as WordPress.org. You have thousands of
 developers and designers contributing (plugins/themes), but you are now
 limiting their branding to a fixed amount of shapes.

 Many users rely on the icons only when choosing a menu item
 ([http://cld.ko.psa.im/image/3W2h2d1r3e2l when the menu is collapsed]).
 Flattening the icons limits the developers and designers ability to
 differentiate it plugin/theme from others. Take Jetpack for example. Here
 is [http://cld.ko.psa.im/image/3E3A331a0h2v a sample] of the new menu,
 collapsed with Jetpack enabled. How would we suggest the designer of this
 icon differentiate itself from other menu items? How would you suggest the
 other thousands of plugins/themes handle the change?

 I am not saying change does not need to happen, we just need to consider
 the consequences before hand '''instead of shoehorning these new icons
 into Core'''.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23333#comment:45>
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