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very simple request: improve the icons for stories/tasks/etc


Edwin Guenthner (28177) | asked Aug 12 '09, 8:11 a.m.
Hello there,

I know some coworkers that only work with their queries; so they always know what they are dealing with. But I also know some coworkers who complain far too often about the fact, that these little icons that are used by Jazz to represent the workitem type ... do NOT offer any kind of value to them.

They complain that the icons are too small and look to similiar.
For our team, we "solved" the problem by using a letter (T / S / ...) as first entry within the title of any work item. So, its very easy to spot Tasks ... Stories ... and so on.

I would prefer to have an simple mechanism to change the displayed icons for individual persons. For example, most of my team members would prefer icons ... with simple painted characters like ...
T ... S ...

regards,
Edwin Gnthner,
IBM germany

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Michael Scharf (781) | answered Aug 12 '09, 11:44 a.m.
you can change the icons for each work item type using the process spec editor.

see attached screenshot

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MikeS
Jazz Agile Planning team

edgue wrote:
Hello there,

I know some coworkers that only work with their queries; so they
always know what they are dealing with. But I also know some
coworkers who complain far too often about the fact, that these
little icons that are used by Jazz to represent the workitem type ...
do NOT offer any kind of value to them.

They complain that the icons are too small and look to similiar.
For our team, we "solved" the problem by using a letter (T /
S / ...) as first entry within the title of any work item. So, its
very easy to spot Tasks ... Stories ... and so on.

I would prefer to have an simple mechanism to change the displayed
icons for individual persons. For example, most of my team members
would prefer icons ... with simple painted characters like ...
T ... S ...

regards,
Edwin Gnthner,
IBM germany

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Edwin Guenthner (28177) | answered Aug 13 '09, 3:21 a.m.
see attached screenshot


Attached ... where?

My understanding is that the icons can changed for the Jazz server ... so the change would affect ALL users. I am wondering if an "individual" solution makes sense ...

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Patrick Streule (4.9k21) | answered Aug 13 '09, 3:46 a.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER
Attached ... where?

My understanding is that the icons can changed for the Jazz server ...
so the change would affect ALL users. I am wondering if an
"individual" solution makes sense ...

A better solution for this problem might be to optionally have the type
column in the query results not only show the icon, but also the type
label.

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Regards,
Patrick
Jazz Work Item Team

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