[opensource-dev] Review viewer -- draw distance slider

[Carlo Wood]

I think that no matter what you draw, the icon
will not be clear to the majority of people.

The icon only needs to be recognizable to those
who saw it before. They will have to learn
it's meaning from the tool tip imho.

Nevertheless, binoculars are usually used for
either zoom or search, so I think another icon
would be better.

Thinking about an avatar with a (half) sphere
around it, I'd use as icon a circle with a dot
in it, or a half circle with a vertical line
in the center, ie:
       _ - _
     .       .
   /     O     \
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:14:11 +0200
Opensource Obscure <opensourceobscure at gmail.com> wrote:
> While clear, such an icon doesn't look much self-explaining to me
> with regard to its associated Draw Distance functionality.
> 
> I still feel binoculars may be the best option.
> 
> Binoculars may not be a commonly used glyph outside of SL,
> but it's a fact that many Second Life features are just .. not
> commonly used features. In most applications / online services /
> information environments or RL appliances, you just don't have the
> concept of "Draw Distance" or anything similar.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:49, Hitomi Tiponi
> <hitomi.tiponi at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Yes it's possible (see attached) - but something like that says
> > 'landscape' or 'plants' to me.
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Argent Stonecutter <secret.argent at gmail.com>
> > To: Hitomi Tiponi <hitomi.tiponi at yahoo.co.uk>
> > Cc: aklo at skyhighway.com; opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com
> > Sent: Mon, 13 June, 2011 1:58:54
> > Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Review viewer -- draw distance slider
> >
> > On 2011-06-12, at 17:30, Hitomi Tiponi wrote:
> >> /me looks forward to seeing someone draw this one in a 16x16 pixel
> >> grid :)
> >
> > I think three small pine trees could be rendered in a 16x16 grid.
> >
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Carlo Wood <carlo at alinoe.com>