Re: [ajdt-dev] A is for Aspect... or Annotation?

["Wes Isberg" <wes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AJ for aspect?

> ------------Original Message------------
> From: Matt Chapman <MCHAPMAN@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: ajdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, Feb-8-2005 10:10 AM
> Subject: [ajdt-dev] A is for Aspect... or Annotation?
>
> Hi everyone,
> 
> As you may have noticed, in Eclipse 3.1M4 the JDT team have added an 
> icon 
> for annotations. It's no great surprise that they chose an "A" in a 
> circle 
> for this, similar to the "C" in a circle for classes. This means it is 
> very similar to our icon for aspects -- it's blue instead of orange, 
> but 
> this similarity is potentially confusing to users, as they can appear 
> in 
> the same context.
> 
> Please see this bug for more details:
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=84431
> 
> Basically either they will change their icon, or we will have to change 
> 
> ours. One factor in this decision is the suitability of alternatives in 
> 
> each case. They have an '@' icon as an alternative, but they don't like 
> 
> the appearance of this in such a small icon. I'm not sure what we could 
> 
> use as an alternative, so my questions for you are:
> 
> 1. Can you suggest a way of making the '@' annotation icon clearer, or 
> suggest an alternative icon for annotations?
> 
> 2. Can you suggest an alternative icon for aspects? If not a letter, 
> then 
> what sort of symbol? What does an aspect look like???
> 
> Any design has to be simple enough to fit in a 16x16 icon (including 
> the 
> containing circle).
> 
> -- 
> Matt Chapman, mchapman@xxxxxxxxxx
> AJDT Development, http://www.eclipse.org/ajdt 
> 
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