[OpenTRV-dev] Opinions please!

Adrian Godwin artgodwin at gmail.com
Wed Jan 24 11:38:16 UTC 2018


Sorry, I changed  from ReplytoAll to Reply but it still went to the list.


On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Adrian Godwin <artgodwin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Text and icon. There's no way to decode an icon if you don't understand it
> but you can look up a word.
>
> Radiator (or fire) icon with a '+' superimposed. Be careful to avoid
> first-aid appearance.
> 36 is the nearest but I don;t think it emphasises boost pictorially - the
> main graphical object is a radiator which is kind of obvious on a TRV.
> My thermostat has a hand symbol - I think the intention is 'manual
> override' rather than 'hotter, now'.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Damon Hart-Davis <damon at opentrv.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Peeps!
>>
>> I’m after some opinions - can you folks spare me any?  B^>
>>
>> (Preferably in the first instance to me by email before you’ve seen
>> anyone else’s responses, then post to and or discuss here on the list…)
>>
>> We have been discussing for some time what the label for a boost button
>> should be like, eg should it be just text, or just icon, or text and icon.
>> (And bearing in mind that Brexit or no Brexit we still aim to get
>> OpenTRV/Radbot to the wider European market, so what language should any
>> text be?)
>>
>> So I thought I’d ask you!
>>
>> Please have a look at:
>>
>> http://www.earth.org.uk/img/OpenTRV/20180124-candiate-boost-
>> button-labels.pdf
>>
>> and tell me (as above, I suggest) which are the top three you’d like if
>> it were your TRVs, and/or which you think a non-STEM normal busy human
>> would find most obvious and clear?
>>
>> Rgds
>>
>> Damon
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