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Refresh button and Update all button use the same icon

Open nascentt opened this issue 4 years ago • 5 comments

For some reason the refresh button and the update all buttons in chocolateygui 0.17.3 are the exact same rounded arrows (only differentiated with an asterisk).

This immediately looks like update and update all buttons. The update button should be much more visually different from the update buttons.

chocolatey-refresh button

nascentt avatar Feb 24 '21 12:02 nascentt

@nascentt do you have any suggestions on what icons should be used here?

gep13 avatar Mar 05 '21 13:03 gep13

Hi @gep13 no personal preference, the fastest fix would probably be to change the update button to look less rounded if i google image search an example, maybe something like this ? I'm not a graphics artist but concept refresh concept or wider arrows refresh concept2

nascentt avatar Mar 05 '21 14:03 nascentt

We can use a single arrow to make it more clear what's the difference. IMO a Redo is similar to an Update.

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punker76 avatar Mar 05 '21 15:03 punker76

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punker76 avatar Mar 05 '21 15:03 punker76

Using the gui more recently leads me to think that a tweak in how the buttons are displayed in the gui should be considered. There's no install button, and it's pretty unintuitive that you need to either right click an app or double click an app in order to get an install option. Why not have a bar at the bottom of the screen with install/upgade/details (ie: package specific or action buttons). and keep the refresh, view, sort display-type buttons at the top where they are.

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nascentt avatar May 13 '21 10:05 nascentt