231780 - The "Extensions" icon in the options window looks like a cigarette

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Petey]

This is something of an odd bug, but here's the story.  I was setting up
Firebird for a non-Mozilla user and was fiddling in the options window when she
exclaimed over my shoulder, "What's that cigarette thing" as she pointed to the
Extensions wand icon. I obviously corrected her, but it made me see that it's an
easy mistake to make.

Perhaps adding a magic hat to the wand would make it clearer.  On the other
hand, maybe a wand is not the right symbol at all.  I can see how the wand is
used in the place of a more obvious image, but the connection is nevertheless a
weak one.  Alternatively, we could get some healthy donations from the tobacco
companies if we add a lighter in there.

I don't know the solution to this bug, so I want some feedback.  Does the
Extensions icon look too much like a cigarette?

Comment 1

[Ali Ebrahim]

Never thought of this before, but now that you mention it, yes, it looks very
much like a cigarette. Only problem is that the white tip is on the wrong end. ;)

Comment 2

[Pham]

There's a new one in Thunderbird.
I like the green puzzle piece thing

Comment 3

[Peter Hewitt]

I think if it was changed to having stars instead of just a jet of yellow it
might be clearer.

Comment 4

[Tim Meader]

Just a suggestion:

How about a puzzle piece?

Comment 5

[Tim Meader]

Attachment: This is a new options.png for FIrefox based on the extensions icon in Thunderbird

I noticed that the current extension icon in Thunderbird matches one of the
suggestions on here to simply change the trail with stars in the original to
merely stars. After looking at the Thunderbird version, it does seem that that
small change makes a discernable difference, at least to me. So, I've gone
ahead and ripped out their icon for extensions... as well as their icons for
General, Themes, and Advanced. I wouldn't have worried about those, except for
the fact that the Thunderbird ones are slightly softer edged, and it wouldn't
quite have looked right with the new softer extensions icon combined with the
harder edged versions of those other three.  I think the remaining three
(Privacy, Web Features, and Downloads) look fine as they are.

I'll go ahead and set this for a review by the assigned owner.

Comment 6

[PikeUK]

Also fixed in today's theme update.

Comment 7

[PikeUK]

Comment on attachment 147953 [details]
This is a new options.png for FIrefox based on the extensions icon in Thunderbird

Removing now unnecessary review request.