Bug 426350

Summary:	Disambiguate the system notification icon and the kalarm icon
Product:	[Plasma] Breeze	Reporter:	Alex <allo>
Component:	Icons	Assignee:	visual-design
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kainz.a, kdelibs-bugs, michaelalexsander, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.19.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	All
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Alex 2020-09-09 20:23:02 UTC

SUMMARY

The monochrome kalarm icon and the system notifications icon are both a bell and look very similar. The only difference in the icons is the position of the clapper, so it is very hard to tell them apart and memorize which icon does what.

I file this bug against the notifications, because "kalarm" sounds like it should be associated with a bell, while notifications could be associated with other metaphors. Reassign the bug as needed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.17.5

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-09-10 02:42:01 UTC

I would say it might make more sense if kalarm used an alarm clock metaphor. Bells are pretty common for notification systems today.

Comment 2 Alex 2020-09-10 08:21:26 UTC

oxygen uses a alarm clock for kalarm and it's the same icon as the "hicolor" theme uses, so this would be more consistent over themes as well to use an alarm clock.

Comment 3 Patrick Silva 2021-06-09 01:14:13 UTC

*** Bug 423971 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***