Daniel John is Senior News Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of art, design, branding and lifestyle tech (which often translates to tech made by Apple). He joined in 2020 after working in copywriting and digital marketing with brands including ITV, NBC, Channel 4 and more.
Icons might be among the smallest of UI design elements, but they have one of the most important jobs – to communicate clearly and quickly. From the battery symbol to the settings cog, several designs are instantly recognisable. And then there's
Reddit users are torn over the Daily, Weekly and Monthly icons, which are used to schedule repeating events in the to do list app, with responses ranging from 'that's pretty cool', to pure rage. . Daily features seven white dots, representing all seven days of the week. And it follows that Weekdays features five white, and two greyed out. But the system seems to change at Weekly.
"I get it, but they only work after being explained. And if the text is always there why bother with icons unless they are universally understood," one user comments, while another adds,"I get it, but it isn't easy to read. Icons should be so simple I can look at them and immediately understand. Decent concept, terrible execution."
But others aren't so down on the designs."So many negative comments, I do, in fact, find it kinda cool," one user admits. Another laments,"You could post the Taj Mahal here and people will comment words like unnecessary and overcomplicated. I think this is a cute design, it works for what it is doing and is fairly understandable, and makes what is usually a plain dropdown menu a little dynamic.
So there we have it – who knew a set of tiny icons could cause such discontent? Actually, we did. Who can forget the response toDaily design news, reviews, how-tos and more, as picked by the editors.Daniel John is Senior News Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of art, design, branding and lifestyle tech . He joined in 2020 after working in copywriting and digital marketing with brands including ITV, NBC, Channel 4 and more.
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