Idea: Notification icon

[stpierrevincents]

Hello,

I have fallen in love with Tusky. It is my favourite app for going onto my instance, mastodon.world, and I find it quite excellent to experience the fediverse with.

I have one issue, however: the notification icon... looks like a surprised cat, with a very long neck. Allow me to share a screenshot from my Pixel 6 Android device. It is below.

It might just be me. Oftentimes, it is.

But, as you can see above, I believe the original intention is for it to be a trunk, with three dashes at its peak to highlight that it's making a loud noise from said trunk. The issue from this... is that, with it being such an intricate notification, it's easy to misread the notification. I think there is an opportunity to create a simpler notification.

I would offer an alternative if it pleases the contributors and others. I'm new to GitHub, so hopefully, I am placing this suggestion in the right place (I... already made an issue of myself in the issues side). I reviewed the material design documentation, and I believe I might have the beginnings of a reasonable alternative.

It's (1) simple, (2) an exclaimation mark which is contorted into a tusk, and (3) can reasonably be viewed at multiple sizes.

Below is the first rendering.

All the best, and looking to hear from you soon,
Vincent

[scottiefalkon]

The current notification icon is merely a small version of the app icon.

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On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 12:10 AM Vincent St. Pierre ***@***.***> wrote: Hello, I have fallen in love with Tusky. It is my favourite app for going onto my instance, mastodon.world, and I find it quite excellent to experience the fediverse with. I have one issue, however: the notification icon... looks like a surprised cat, with a very long neck. Allow me to share a screenshot from my Pixel 6 Android device. It is below. [image: unnamed (10)] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/104039202/211176519-51c9723a-e724-4bd2-bc1c-9839a52800df.png> It might just be me. Oftentimes, it is. But, as you can see above, I believe the original intention is for it to be a trunk, with three dashes at its peak to highlight that it's making a loud noise from said trunk. The issue from this... is that, with it being such an intricate notification, it's easy to misread the notification. I think there is an opportunity to create a simpler notification. I would offer an alternative if it pleases the contributors and others. I'm new to GitHub, so hopefully, I am placing this suggestion in the right place (I... already made an issue of myself in the issues side <#3062>). I reviewed the material design documentation <https://m2.material.io/design/iconography/system-icons.html#grid-and-keyline-shapes>, and I believe I might have the beginnings of a reasonable alternative. It's (1) simple, (2) an exclaimation mark which is contorted into a tusk, and (3) can reasonably be viewed at multiple sizes. [image: Tusky-Notification on white] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/104039202/211181335-c8d4fdf3-976f-4673-b2ab-98fbbb355294.png> Below is the first rendering. [image: unnamed (11)] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/104039202/211181308-d45e2da0-3809-4208-b1c5-ca39740eef6e.png> All the best, and looking to hear from you soon, Vincent — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3150>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ATAIRMXEVSAYPPNFIB2QCIDWRJD55ANCNFSM6AAAAAATULVL3U> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>