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Beaker icon is actually an erlenmeyer flask #153

Closed austinpray closed 9 years ago

austinpray commented 9 years ago

Hello,

Thank you for the wonderful icons, this is my goto icon font for most all of my projects. However, I have discovered a critical error. The ion-beaker icon is actually an icon of an erlenmeyer flask. This has caused me much emotional distress.

ion-beaker

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Actual beaker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaker_(glassware) image

Actual erlenmeyer flask

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlenmeyer_flask image

DarrenCattle commented 9 years ago

I am a chemist and I am highly offended.

mlynch commented 9 years ago

Lol! Damn artists. That's why we don't let Ben anywhere near our science experiments!

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dvorapa commented 9 years ago

Let's rename this icon in Ionicons to be chemically-correct!

austinpray commented 9 years ago

It is incredibly important to note that the usecases for a beaker and an erlenmeyer flask can vary widely.

Anytime you have to swirl a mixture or stir it vigorously enough that some might spray or if you're using volatile solvents you should definitely use and erlenmeyer. Other than that it's just a matter of personal preference. I like to use erlenmeyers whenever possible. They're less spilly.
–Taylor, Chemist

So as you can see there is a definite semantic difference between a beaker and an erlenmeyer flask. Let's get this patched up before we cause any further confusion.

adamdbradley commented 9 years ago

I suppose the next thing he'll do is call a soccer ball a "football"!

adamdbradley commented 9 years ago

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mlynch commented 9 years ago

I'm on Ben's side with this one:

screenshot 2014-11-07 15 57 20

austinpray commented 9 years ago

@adamdbradley @mlynch An erlenmeyer flask is never a beaker no matter what country you are in. Let's keep the discussion on topic. If you have an issue with the naming of the balls that discussion belongs in a separate issue.

dvorapa commented 9 years ago

Oh hey! Another one. I think that names of all existing icons should be revised immediatelly!

adamdbradley commented 9 years ago

Ha yeah sorry, totally just messing with everyone. But we will be removing the 7 in all of the ios7 icons in the next release. So when we do that it'd be a perfect time to rename this too.

austinpray commented 9 years ago

@adamdbradley Thank you for taking this critical issue into consideration.

What do you think the new name will be? ion-50-milliliter-erlenmeyer-flask sounds good to me.

edit: actually this raises a new issue. What are the measurement units on the erlenmeyer flask depicted in the icon?

dvorapa commented 9 years ago

ion-flask-round ? (inspired by ion-close and ion-close-round)

austinpray commented 9 years ago

@dvorapa I like that but it still says nothing about the measurement units of the flask.

dvorapa commented 9 years ago

I started to think and I finished with ion-50-milliliter-not-graduated-erlenmeyer-flask-containing-dark-liquid satisfied with the result!

austinpray commented 9 years ago

ion-50-milliliter-non-graduated-erlenmeyer-flask-containing-dark-liquid not -> non

I think this is about as good as it gets without getting too specific.

dvorapa commented 9 years ago

By the way: What about to add a beaker icon? #154

dvorapa commented 9 years ago

Well, you're right

bensperry commented 9 years ago

Okay guys, icons have been renamed... and perhaps a new icon will make an appearance in the next release. ;)

austinpray commented 9 years ago

Thank you for your help with this!