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RE: [ajdt-dev] A is for Aspect... or Annotation?
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Ouch.
What if the @ icon were made with a thicker line but NOT enclosed in a
circle (i.e., the @ becomes the circular icon)?
Maybe we can convince them to use "M" or "m" for metadata? Too bad
"attribute" also starts with an a. Or little "a" for annotation (to
distinguish from big-"C" classes, since annotations are auxiliary)? Probably
unlikely...
We could use an X to symbolize an aspect (for crosscutting)?
-----Original Message-----
From: ajdt-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ajdt-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Matt Chapman
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:10 AM
To: ajdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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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