I'm using textual labels for three buttons:
- Legend - this is pretty unique to this site, and I can't think of a universally understandable icon. I'm pondering whether Legend deserves to be a top level item or should be under "?". I also hide Legend on small screens.
- Important - this is a "default" search for important worlds. Again, no universal icon for this concept. I believe this feature will evolve into more of a "browsable, sharable sets of points of interest". Maybe a point-of-interest icon, then?
- Share - this one is starting to shake out as a standard icon - the three circles in a < formation - but it's not quite universal yet.
Thoughts?
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Maybe a star for what's now "important" ?
For "share", maybe an amalgamation of the logos of the relevant sites (Twitter, Google+, and Tumblr in this case)? I've seen such graphics used in other locations (but then usually with sharing on Facebook and Twitter).
I went ahead and replaced the "Important" label with a star and I'm liking it better already.
The link for the sector name, that in the old version went to the printable booklet page, now simply goes back to a duplicate of the current page.
@Anonymous -
Thanks - I must have pushed only a subset of the files after I tweaked some scripts. Should work now if you reload the page.
... and now the booket/poster/data links are gone... but that's intentional!
They've moved up to a (hopefully) more discoverable "Download" button up at the top. If you click on it with nothing "selected" it gives a hint of what's possible.
Other than spelling out "Legend" (as you've done), my only suggestion in terms of a symbol would be to use a graphic of a KEY instead.
In my lengthy experience of maps, civilian and military, "Legend" tends to either be unlabeled as such or marked, unironically, "Legend."
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