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Created Dec 15, 2021 by sajolida@sajolidaMaintainer

Have a nicer-looking icon for the Persistent Storage

What icon to use

Keeping in mind how the other icons in Favorites look like, as a sample of style:

Screenshot_Tails_from_ISO_2021-12-14_18_17_36

  • Right now we have:

    tails-persistence-setup

    I find it too flat and too gray in terms of style. The new design uses a padlock instead of a safe.

    The padlock worked fine in usability test and is easier to depict open or close, which was important for the understanding of the encryption.

  • @segfault implemented in !339:

    tails-persistent-storage.svg

    I find it too detailed for an icon

  • I only found 1 other icon in GNOME that has a padlock with some depth that we might be able to adapt:

    nm-vpn-standalone-lock

Context of use

This icon should work in:

  • The Applications menu to replace the gray safe icon:

    Screenshot_Tails_from_ISO_2021-12-14_18_17_36

  • On the Welcome Screen when the Persistent Storage does not exist yet:

    See https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wikis/Persistent-Storage-redesign#welcome-screen.

    Maybe using the full image of the backpack is taking too much space or not the right visual treatment.

  • On the Welcome Screen when the Persistent Storage already exists, both locked and open:

    Currently, we have:

    Screenshot_from_2021-12-27_17-30-46.cleaned

  • The Places menu and sidebar of the Files browser (#18760 (closed))

    Screenshot_from_2021-12-27_17-29-46.cleaned

    Screenshot_from_2021-12-27_17-30-13.cleaned

Guidelines

  • GNOME App Icons: https://developer.gnome.org/hig/guidelines/app-icons.html
  • GNOME UI Icons: https://developer.gnome.org/hig/guidelines/ui-icons.html
Edited Dec 27, 2021 by sajolida
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