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Confusing "log" icon #2165

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https://www.rust-lang.org/what/cli

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What needs to be fixed?

I am not English mother tongue so it's not clear to me the connection between logging (the act of recording output from software to inspect what's happening) and a log (a piece of wood).

Suggested Improvement

Representing concepts in a way that are familiar to a restricted culture group is a well-known UI issue. Perhaps a more relevant icon could be found to represent data logging?

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senekor

senekor commented on Jun 13, 2025

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Logging is a bit abstract, I'm struggling to think of a good visual representation.

senekor

senekor commented on Jun 13, 2025

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What about a seismograph? could be a nice symbol of continuous collection of data.

Manishearth

Manishearth commented on Jun 13, 2025

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That should be fine!

apiraino

apiraino commented on Jun 13, 2025

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Based on a bit of sampling of companies (or projects) offering data logging1 it seems that a common visual representation are histograms and graphs (so basically the seismograph idea could fit) or some text resembling the Common Log Format optionally with a magnifying lens over them.

not a qualified visual designer, just throwing ideas 🙂

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  1. https://www.datadoghq.com, https://matomo.org, https://plausible.io, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=server+logs+analysis+clipart&iar=images

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          Confusing "log" icon · Issue #2165 · rust-lang/www.rust-lang.org