2007/4/25, R. S. Shaw shaww@inbox.com:
Use a (potentially) completely different set of icons for helping visualization of the settings of the ratings. In the current Phase3 test setup where there are 3 dimensions of 5 values each, there would be a set of 15 icon filenames (in a regular pattern, such as icon-depth-0, icon-depth-1, etc) for each of the possible dimension x values. These would _not_ replace the text of the value, but would be presented in addition to that text, next to the text. Thus if X and Y are icons it would look something like this: Accuracy: X Draft level Depth: Y Stub
Exactly what these value-icons would be can be worked out over time, as there are many possibilities. The idea is that they help the user who is familiar with the system quickly see the setting, while the text helps the user who is not familiar with a setting icon to understand the rating value.
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. Is it something like this http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Sighted-version-mockup.png, only with a more detailed set of icons?
If desired, in addition to the N value-icons in the message box (or instead), we could also present a _larger_ version of _one_ of the stability-icons. This icon represents the overall status of the revision setting, either rated-but-not-meeting-minimums, or meets-minimums. It should be a larger icon because it will be more visible, and does not have to fit on a single line of a Version History listing.
I think I like that idea.
Bye,
Philipp