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[UX] Termination toggle icon looks like a redstone torch when disabled

vadcx opened this issue · 2 comments

commented

Describe the feature

The termination icon should be modified to avoid any possible confusion with a commonly used redstone torch icon.

Reasons why it should be considered

I've started reading the Modular Routers in-game book where it mentioned the Termination control. I had to look twice or thrice between the book page and the module settings, because (not knowing the mod) it looked like a "disabled redstone torch" to me. It wasn't until I hovered over every single icon that I read the Termination button's title. Only after clicking did I finally found the "T" I was looking for.

Potential icon changes:

  1. Remove the red blocker and instead play with "T" colors (for example black-gray)
    • That would be bad for accessibility, players with poor eye sight
  2. Replace the red blocker with a red cross, so it does not hide the horizontal line of the capital "T"
  3. Replace capital T with a lower-case "t"
  4. Redesign the icon and its modes
    • Maybe there are good examples in compsci literature?
    • It's possible to emphasize the process of continuing/stopping in the icon, something like four dots and their colors or a line in between. Example: ∎ ∎ | ∎ ∎ for blocking, the last two dots are red/grey in termination mode. I'm ready to sketch something

Additional details

Modular routers Termination:
Screenshot_20230507_121934

Compared to AE2 redstone control icon:
Screenshot_20230507_122940

commented

I mean at this point any vertical line with red block signal on it would look like a Redstone Torch. But, that been said, I'm always up for a redesign.
I'll look into it tomorrow and will PR an icon update.

commented

@Ridanisaurus thoughts on this? I can see how the current icon does look a bit similar to a redstone torch...