I am designing a calendar icon for an app, I am putting a random date right now on it, what should be ideal date that I should put. Is there any usability research done on the same? I know the best scenario can be if it can display the current date, but right now it might be too much an overkill to develop such a feature, so what should be the ideal date that i should put on the icon? Blackberry puts it to be 31, another number which I though was quite eye catchy was 23. Is there any such paradigm that a particular date is catchier?
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Try doing a google search on calendar icon and then you capture the results (if worth it). Just by skimming the results I saw that 9 was a popular number, but not far from others. From the Semiotics perspective 31 might work, as people easily identify it as the maximum number of days a month can get, and design-wise is filling. I think that only having the red bar at the top and a big bold black number (or calendar grid (SMTWXFS) id size permits) at the bottom is good enough for people to identify the icon. MORE ON ICONS: I bumped today into this link: Tips for Designing Great Icons and Images from the iOS Human Interface Guidelines. Worth having a look for people that want to design their own icons. |
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If it is technically feasible, update the icon on an hourly/daily base to show the current date/day. This way, the user sees the current date/day by just browsing through the set of application icons without starting the calendar application. Technically, it may require configuring and running a system service to redraw the icon at midnight without user interaction. |
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31: p.yusukekamiyamane.com/icons/search/fugue/#keyword=calendar Another option is to just make it a generic calendar with no dates, like some of the other icons in there. – F21 Oct 4 '12 at 0:45