The Read/Unread Icon
One of the changes I’d like to include in the next alpha release of FeedLounge is a better read/unread icon. Right now we use a page with writing on it or blank.
This is pretty weak in several ways, mainly:
- It looks like a checkbox in Windows XP (depending on your theme)
- Its meaning isn’t immediately recognizable
My first version of the icon was an eye - open or closed. The meaning may have been a little better, but Scott thought it looked too freaky. Here is one of the early drafts of it - he’s probably right. 
E-mail programs generally use open and closed envelopes to indicate read/unread status, but there isn’t an equivilent “wrapper” for a feed item. Perhaps we should use a rolled/unrolled newspaper or something like that?
Maybe you folks have some ideas for a great read/unread icon we could use? Feel free to post your ideas and links to your icon designs (16×16 pixels please) in the comments.
