Potential for confusion in the boot splash?

Forum thread started by george on Mon, 2010-06-21 06:38

Hi all,

I'm wondering if the microchip icon in the boot splash might cause confusion?

See: http://dev.haiku-os.org/browser/haiku/trunk/data/artwork/boot_splash/spl...

There isn't a lot of difference between its dull and its bright state. If Haiku stalled while booting would a less tech-savy (or vision-impaired) user be able to describe where it stalled?

george

Comments

Re: Potential for confusion in the boot splash?

by humdinger - 2010-06-21 13:07

Hi George,

these icons are really mostly eyecandy. As they won't help with a bughunt very much, since you can't pinpoint the failure, I don't think it's an especially crucial aspect that has to be fixed. However, if you'd like to work on improving it, go right ahead. :)
Since the inactive icons are also greyscale, I could imagine a touch of colour would make the active state more obvious. Maybe a small green/golden cpu circuit board in the middle would work well.

Regards,
Humdinger