New Silhouettes are not Attractive
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Valerie King said: Please change the silhouettes back to the original format. These are awful in appearance. The colors are too bright and the style of the human figure is too ethnic. These new silhouettes totally overpower my ancestor's pictures in the pedigree charts as those pictures are in gray tones. I hope the engineer's truly do get this feedback!
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FamilySearch Moderator said: Can you provide a screen shot to where you are seeing these? I don't see any change.0
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gasmodels said: it is in the app where there is a dramatic change0
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gasmodels said: I believe this is what the original poster was referring to.
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Jordi Kloosterboer said: mine are gray0
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Jordi Kloosterboer said: where is that?0
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Jordi Kloosterboer said: Ah found it. it is on the new changes page and merge pages.0
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Gordon Collett said: The old icons are still used on the website as seen here on the left and the new are used in the mobile app as seen on the right:
They do rather detract from the actual photographs of people. I'd vote for using a greyscale version of the new icons here:
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Valerie King said: This is a gradual transition. They are found throughout the mobile apps, and also in latest changes & merge in FS Web. I'm sure they will be changing the rest of the icons on the Web if they get positive feedback, or maybe even without it.0
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Adrian Bruce said: "the style of the human figure is too ethnic"
Ahem - wouldn't that rather depend on your point of view?0 -
Don M Thomas said: I agree, the old was better. The older gray icons are better. The new icons take away from the photographs. I agree the new icons look too ethnic.0
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Gordon Collett said: I must be missing something. They just look like very generic, non-specific people to me. Maybe a bit of an old fashioned hairstyle on the woman but that fits with the history part of what we are doing. I do like it better than the 1960's hairstyle on the old icon. The new one reminds of the silhouettes on the boxes PAF came in.0
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Don M Thomas said: Your opinion Gordon. The lady looks too (stereotype) ethnic to me. but that it is my opinion.0
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David Newton said: "look too ethnic"
What exactly is that supposed to mean? Ethnic as an adjective should not be used in that way; it's vague and meaningless as a usage. What ethnic group specifically do they resemble and why might that be a bad thing?0 -
Don M Thomas said: Browser is Microsoft Edge - 10.
ethnic
ADJECTIVE
relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition.
"leaders of ethnic communities"
synonyms:
racial · race-related · ethnological · genetic · inherited · cultural · national · tribal · ancestral · traditional · folk · autochthonous
NOUN dated offensive
a member of an ethnic minority.
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Valerie King said: I'm sorry you chose to take offense over the word's use as an antonym to "generic." They are NOT generic enough to represent all of the world's peoples, which is how everything should be now--We are all supposed to be ONE; we are all God's children.0
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Juli said: Echoing David: which ethnic group does she supposedly resemble, and why is this a problem?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but would it help if she were white?
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Juli said: I quite like the new silhouettes, but I agree that the strong colors clash with the mostly black-and-white photographs available for our ancestors. I also happen to dislike the whole pink-and-blue thing, so:
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Don M Thomas said: Quaker Oats Company of Chicago, a subsidiary of PepsiCo., is discontinuing their Aunt Jemima brand, acknowledging its racist past.0
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Don M Thomas said: Quaker Oats Company of Chicago, a subsidiary of PepsiCo., is discontinuing their Aunt Jemima brand, acknowledging its racist past. The icon resembles too much of an Aunt Jemima, in my opinion. (Stereotype)0
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FamilySearch Moderator said: Thank you for the feedback. It has been passed on to the teams.0
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