search

elementary / icons

Named, vector icons for elementary OS
https://elementary.io
GNU General Public License v3.0
546 stars 85 forks source link

New convertible icon #740

Open cassidyjames opened 5 years ago

cassidyjames commented 5 years ago

We symlinked computer-convertible to computer-laptop for now which makes sense, but a new convertible icon might make sense. At first a tent-style Yoga-like configuration made sense, but honestly I think just a screen might work: it covers both foldable and detachable style convertibles.

--- Want to back this issue? **[Post a bounty on it!](https://www.bountysource.com/issues/67136495-new-convertible-icon?utm_campaign=plugin&utm_content=tracker%2F27377189&utm_medium=issues&utm_source=github)** We accept bounties via [Bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/?utm_campaign=plugin&utm_content=tracker%2F27377189&utm_medium=issues&utm_source=github).
danirabbit commented 5 years ago

Yeah or maybe something with a very small bezels and a thin keyboard kind of surface or ipad pro like

cassidyjames commented 5 years ago

@danrabbit that might work. The problem I could see going that direction is that it is doesn't really work as well for the Yoga-style foldables, so I'm not sure if it'd also feel just as off (if not more) than a laptop.

peteruithoven commented 5 years ago

Tricky, there is no one method of making laptops convertible.

Some common visual patterns when searching for a convertible computer:

Multiple states of fold

![](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/5qF4VvtJubEIGBI3cMo4RDZUPDc=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Ideapad-Yoga-11-56a1b4735f9b58b7d0c1df3e.jpg)

Keyboard to the ground

Separated keyboard

Just to illustrate there is no one way, the new HP Spectre Foldio is another system:

cassidyjames commented 5 years ago

@peteruithoven right, that's why I was thinking just the display could work; all of those types of convertibles can be used as a tablet (whether the keyboard is detached or folded around back). Representing a keyboard at all is where we'd get inconsistent I think.

danirabbit commented 5 years ago

@cassidyjames I'm not sure about other Yoga models but the 900 reports as a laptop. Do we have any information about what models are reporting this way?

cassidyjames commented 5 years ago

It sounds like at least the HP Pavilion 13 and Thinkpad X1 Yoga.

Here's the source for hostnamed: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/src/hostname/hostnamed.c#n201, but I don't see "convertible" in there... so I'm really not sure.