Something about the relatively-new "new activity" notification that has always bothered me: Dribbble tries to continue the basketball metaphor wherever it can. Why then, does the little pink dot just appear over the activity/stats icon? I think they should move it to the little gap on the bottom of the icon, therefore making it look like the "ball" is bouncing, using the rest of the icon to show kinetics/motion.
LOVE that thought... it's all in the details. And if they didn't want the ball to be on the "down" stroke, a simple tweaks of the stroke would solve it for good.
@Andrew Hainen Yeah, I just took a screenshot, upscaled, and traced in Illustrator. After I uploaded I noticed it was a heavier line than the original. I wasn't trying to make any statement on the rest of the icon, only the dot.
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Something about the relatively-new "new activity" notification that has always bothered me: Dribbble tries to continue the basketball metaphor wherever it can. Why then, does the little pink dot just appear over the activity/stats icon? I think they should move it to the little gap on the bottom of the icon, therefore making it look like the "ball" is bouncing, using the rest of the icon to show kinetics/motion.
A minor tweak, but worth mentioning, I think.
6 months ago
Tagging @Dribbble so somebody "upstairs" may see this. And/or perhaps explain why they put the dot above?
6 months ago
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mike.
I never thought about it like that! Awesome idea!!
6 months ago
LOVE that thought... it's all in the details. And if they didn't want the ball to be on the "down" stroke, a simple tweaks of the stroke would solve it for good.
6 months ago
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Brian Blankenship
Good thought, @Dan Draper - I like it.
6 months ago
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Ernie Chiaradonna
Cool!
6 months ago
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Alan Horne
It's a cool idea, the bouncing ball concept/metaphor is definitely a good thing, would be good to see them implement it.
6 months ago
Diggin it, but I think the line weight of the original works better
6 months ago
@Andrew Hainen Yeah, I just took a screenshot, upscaled, and traced in Illustrator. After I uploaded I noticed it was a heavier line than the original. I wasn't trying to make any statement on the rest of the icon, only the dot.
6 months ago