Modify some menu labels - enhancement

[bendover22]

Just some suggestions. Wouldn't "Cookie Quick Manager" option be better described as something like "Manage All Cookies"? We already know it's CQM - describe what (any) option actually does.

"Delete Current Cookies" might be better described as "Delete Current Site (or Domain) Cookies" "Delete Current Site Local Storage" instead of "Delete Current Local Storage" (see below).

In English, "delete current..." generally means all data currently in (local storage, or what ever), which would include all sites that had stored anything, unless stated otherwise. But it actually means the current selected tab.

The toolbar CQM icon doesn't look like a cookie - even on a large, Hi Def monitor. Maybe someone could find an non copy righted one.
At a normal viewing distance, to me it doesn't look like anything. I've used it a while & it still doesn't register what it is, though the icon isn't the most pressing issue.

[ysard]

Thank you for your clarification about my English translation, I will include it as soon as possible.

I will also try to rework the icon; feel free to offer a source of inspiration.

[ysard]

I close this issue but I keep in mind the need to rework the cookie icon one day. Feel free to open another one for any translation problem :)

[practik]

Just to give you one other data point, @ysard, the icon looks fine to me; I never gave it a second thought.

[ysard]

Understood, maybe people are eating cookies with a different look in different countries: D

[bendover22]

Mr. ysard,

Here's a more visible cookie icon befitting of an addon like CQM.  I modified the one in CQM.  If you like it & use it, please mention Ben Dover.

I sent it to your address, trying to avoid some flammers that can't stand change that they're not particularly interested in.

If you need it in other formats or you need the "forbidden" icon w/ a red 'X' across it, or need the 96 px size, I can do that.

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Understood, maybe people are eating cookies with a different look in different countries: D

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[bendover22]

ysard, Did you see the modified icon that I attempted to upload, or did you just not like it? I did it quickly - didn't know if you'd like it - a cookie with M & M's candy on top (a favorite of many kids). Much more colorful & visible @ 16x16px. Like https://www.pinterest.com/pin/796855727791888298/

When icons are reduced to 16x16 px, muted colors or small details become almost invisible. I measured some other addon nav bar icons & overall, they're a good bit bigger than 16 x 16, when they add some sort of counter, so there's no reason (I'm aware of) the CQM icon couldn't be a bit bigger than 16x16. Or maybe there is a reason, if there's no counter on it.

I could make it a whole round cookie in the same M & M's design or other, as lots of cookie-related addons use a cookie with a missing bite. CQM's cookie could be fresh & whole, not half eaten. :) Addons need something that's recognizable & unique.

You could use the modern design for yin & yang (1st is 48x48; 2nd is 16x16)

We could do one in black / white or any color designs, like wavy lines of icing across the top. Sort of like https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/cup-coffee-chocolate-chip-cookies-on-75508834?src=5zj066G7-gPZY5yQ5yx5_w-1-100

These pages have lots of ideas. https://www.shutterstock.com/search/black+and+white+cookie

There's also a famous, real style / recipe of "Black & White Cookies." Half black, half white icing. https://www.amazon.com/Beigels-Black-White-Cookies-Tray/dp/B00N9QQ6RI

[ysard]

Hello, please excuse me for the lack of responsiveness, I take care of many projects and it is difficult to allocate the best time on each of them...

Unfortunately, I did not receive your attachment by email.

First of all the icons requested by Mozilla must be in the format 48x48 and 96x96 for the visible icon on the site and in the list of add-ons in Firefox itself.

Elsewhere, in the software or on the interface of Firefox they are effectively resized at 16x16.

Usually I work in SVG and I get from this format the different assets I need.

I don't plan to display a counter above the addon in the immediate future.

I think it's important to see what the different ideas look like on the interface. I was more sensitive to a cookie with coloured sugar cubes. The main thing is not to advertise for Oreo :p

[bendover22]

Hope this gets to you.  If you think you could get attachments of small, graphics when replying to the reply to: address, let me know. If you want it in SVG format, maybe you can tell me some settings to use when exporting a png image to svg, in Inkscape (if you know anything at all about SVG settings). Here's a screen w/ some options when converting png to svg in Inkscape:

Don't know if you have Inkscape available, but each option has a tooltip w/ useful info.  I've never worked a lot w/ svg, so I'm not an expert on options.

If you can get graphics in the body of your emails, here's one simple one 48x48.  Making it 48x48 or 96x96 is no problem.  As I said, if / when any icon is downsized to 16, if there were finer details on larger sizes, they're usually lost.

So there's 2 choices.  Make the design such that it remains acceptable when downsized.  Or, if you say Firefox uses 48x48 to downsize to various sizes (toolbar might be ~ 16 x 16 or a bit more.  Could make 2 versions in the 48 & / or 96 size.  One would be designed specifically, so when it's reduced to 16 or 20 px, the details are still visible. But that would mean designating which one to use where.  I don't know how hard that would be for you.  But  if you could do it, that's one way to go.

I didn't spend much time on the one below trying to make it pretty. The original "dots" on the image used in CQM weren't round or even close.  I just colored them using their original shape - rough draft.

Even it could be made so it stands out much more, with very little effort.  Thicker or darker border.  A bit more shading; putting "shine" or "glow" on a few places.

One idea I had, was make it a whole cookie or almost - w/ a small bite, so more cookie is visible - regardless of the design or colors, instead of 1/3 of the icon missing.  Thus, 1/3 of the color / shape / attention it draws is also missing. This is 48x48:

This is scaled to 18x18px (svg w/ default settings).  You can see what I mean about details being lost.  I may be able to scale it using higher image quality, but to show up WELL at this size, it really needs a little re-designing & a "mostly whole" cookie would show up much better

• at this size:

On 12/6/18 9:31 AM, ysard wrote:

Hello, please excuse me for the lack of responsiveness, I take care of many projects and it is difficult to allocate the best time on each of them...

Unfortunately, I did not receive your attachment by email.

First of all the icons requested by Mozilla must be in the format 48x48 and 96x96 for the visible icon on the site and in the list of add-ons in Firefox itself.

Elsewhere, in the software or on the interface of Firefox they are effectively resized at 16x16.

Usually I work in SVG and I get from this format the different assets I need.

I don't plan to display a counter above the addon in the immediate future.

I think it's important to see what the different ideas look like on the interface. I was more sensitive to a cookie with coloured sugar cubes. The main thing is not to advertise for Oreo :p

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[bendover22]

Here are some much improved CQM icons / images. I added the latest revised image to the Fx nav bar (downsized to 16px) & it looks better to me; much easier to notice & has more color.

You said you usually worked w/ SVG, but Github says: doesn't support uploading .SVG files.
So I'll have to use .PNG for this post. I have them in SVG, if you want me to send by email or load to some image sharing site. They're only 7 KB & 21 KB.

• Made the "bite" from the cookie much smaller, so more icon is visible, noticeable.
• Made the round, colored candy pieces a bit larger & more round (using feathering).
• Made the candies' colors brighter, more intense. Not every user has perfect eyesight to see small images w/ muted colors.
• Added a slightly wider, darker border on the entire circumference, that shows better on a medium to light background.

A dark border won't show up on a dark theme, but if the border is light, it won't show on light themes. That would only be solved by including 2 sets of icons & users had some option to choose the suitable colors. Very few addons do that.

Perhaps making the entire background of the cookie lighter (with or w/o a border) & the bright colored "M&M's". If you have a preference for the border, let me know.

[shodanx2]

Hello,

I would like to recomment the following UI changes

Left click should directly open the cookie-quick-manager tab

The option in the current left-click content menu, should be added to the right click context menu

Here is an example of doing so from the add-on copy-tabs

These options used also be on a left-click context menu, which made using the add-on a 3 step process (click-decision-click) greatly increasing the cognitive burden of using the add-on

By moving these options to the right click context menu, they no longer are an obstacle to using the add-on's main features while the right click context menu now contains shortcuts for advanced users.