[whalt]

Originally Posted by Craig

Obviously you missed the "flagged" toolbar button from a couple of builds ago. :-)

Well you can call me an ugly American but I always thought our flag was rather attractive but then again I'm sure most nationalities probably think the same of theirs as well. :)

Anyway, I agree that a neutral icon was more appropriate.

[Mario.Batz@cern.ch]

the flash is really not nice. the @ was good

[Paul Hoadley]

If we're voting, I certainly don't mind the arrow-dot icon (r88573). I'm not a big fan of the "@" symbol—while I can't be bothered looking it up in Allen's book, I'm sure the origin of the "@" was just a hack to make labels appear at the top of an alphabetized list (in Outlook?). For some of my contexts, it's a handy abbreviation for the literal "at" (e.g., "at home"), but they're not all locations.

[LizPf]

Originally Posted by HiramNetherlands

The new icon is a bit too conspicuous, I think. It pokes. It prods. But the new, huge red flag in the filter ribbon actually made me hide the whole ribbon! Of course, that's only temporary, I'm sure. Or it would be the very first ugly UI element to come from Omni.

I agree. My first thought on opening this build was ... Pow!

The flag filter should be a white outline, like the other ribbon items. But maybe our fearless ninjas did this to attract our notice, like the big smiley on the first build with repeat items.

However, I don't like the new context icon, not at all. Too bold, and it makes it harder to see the nesting.

I also notice the kitchen strainer is gone ... I liked that one too, but the new icon is not obtrusive. It just doesn't say "filter" to me.

--Liz

[Janice]

I'm not a big fan of the new context icon either. However, I don't enjoy being coerced into using "@" symbol. Especially when is doesn't apply, e.g. "@" errand.

[Wild Rye]

I like the @, it's oh so very GTD.

The pokey arrow and flag are a bit much

[sprugman]

I hate the new icon -- noisy & ugly, but I don't really like the @ symbol either. I also find it noisy. I'd prefer something as unobtrusive as possible that still provides the necessary visual structure -- perhaps a bullet.

[markbrown00]

I like the @ too...it unobtrusively links OF to its GTD roots

[SpiralOcean]

I liked the @

It's such a strange symbol... a circle around the a.

And can stand for:
at
around

which is what contexts are used for.

If you squint your eyes... it looks like a target.

[MEP]

Why does there have to a be an icon at all? @ or otherwise?