[Trac #535] Serious problems finding the icon of the current application

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#535: Serious problems finding the icon of the current application
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 Reporter:  xorAxAx       |        Owner:  marco  
     Type:  defect        |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  BTest-3
Component:  sugar         |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:  accessiblity  |  
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Comment (by AlbertCahalan):

 Replying to [comment:4 Eben]:
 > Well, there are two issues here:
 >
 > The close button:  I guess the stop button referred to is part of the
 activity itself.  By moving the actual close button out of the activity,
 it should at least become clear after a little use that things in the
 activity toolbar all belong to the activity.  Then, of course, there is
 the remarkably counter-inuitive shutdown 'x', which should definitely be
 removed sooner rather than later, or at least replaced with a different
 icon which means something stronger than "close."

 A skull-and-crossbones icon? :-)

 > That leaves us with the one in the menu, which is the one that should be
 used.  Of course, we have yet to see if this is clear enough, or
 discoverable.  Getting rollovers working (and drag'n'drop) in the Home
 screen is essential to really test this out.

 Stuff hidden by rollovers is harder to use.

 > The colors:  This is a problem, but it's not so much a design issue.  At
 present, the HIG has a full section on color and contrast in the Munsell
 space.

 You ended up relying more on color than a normal desktop does. (oops)

 For greyscale, 3D-shading is the way to go. It worked beautifully for
 MacOS on 4-bit greyscale hardware. You only need 2-bit greyscale for 3D-
 shading; you have 5-bit at minimum in all modes.

 For some things, like the XO icons, add fill texture. One kid could get
 fish scales, another could get a honeycomb, etc.

 Human eyes/brains are made to see natural-like images as being objects.
 Round off the corners a tiny bit, give things texture, add shading, etc.

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