[ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

[Vish]

On 01/23/2013 05:58 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as
> Update Manager).
>
> The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's
> no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10
> and earlier, the icon is just a brown box with an orange arrow. And in
> Raring right now, it's an "A" with a progress bar and arrows around it
> - -- again, nothing obviously to do with Ubuntu, and a bit of a non
> sequitur too.
>
> So, it would help if we had a new icon, one which obviously
> communicates that these are official updates for Ubuntu.
>
> - -- 
> mpt
>

Hi Matthew,

While the idea of an airdrop/parachute is nice, as someone else also 
pointed out, people are more used to the arrows and it is easier to use 
that "known metaphor" for updates to make it easier for people to 
recognise "updates".
Since updates are something that need to be a part of Software centre, 
it is better to have a Software Updater icon that is a derivative of the 
original Software centre icon rather than making it look like a 
completely different/unrelated app.

Here is my take on the Software Updater. I have only done the 48px and 
128px icons. And this metaphor is scalable for all sizes, right down to 
16px. The black color for the bag is something I used to make the bag 
distinguishably different from the SC icon while maintaining the 
contrast for the silver arrows and the orange for "Ubuntu".

Cheers,
Vish


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