Notices

I prefer the first version.

Of what?
The lightning or the folder?

Lightning no good, exclamation okay.
First variation of country folder better.

That one. 10 chars

So maybe just like that?

That to me conveys the message of a storage. In this case the storage of maps.
The arrow clearly indicated the action of downloading. Without the arrow it looks like a static storage.

hmmmm....
rinigus asked for this icons:
- country available on device
- country requested for download
- country or region (used in the list while country is not requested or available)

First one is clear to me, and I think the icon I made is fitting well. Also the second one left no questions to me, but the difference between the second and the third one is (especially after the further explanation of rinigus) not that clear to me. Maybe someone can help me a little bit with telling me what's the difference and if there has to be a different Icon, and how it could look like. I will try to implement that then.

Well if it's a language database, maybe something like that?

Thanks for the summary. I should really keep my gob shut until I gather all the information. I got clearly confused

My preferences:

Countries for download:


Countries on device:


Incompatible:


Except now that I see them all resized to the same width, I would probably reduce the thickness of the triangle outline.

That's the smallest problem (few seconds job), we can turn on that one when we have decided which icons in general we want to use.

What would you take for the last requested icon?

I really like the three flags idea. The only question is which flag goes on top

According to various sources, Mandarin is the most common language, followed by Spanish and English. So flags in that order would be the most politically correct. But do we actually have a Mandarin translation?

One could also take into account the aesthetics. German, French, Russian, Indian and many other countries' flags look similar when expressed in shades of grey. They are all made out of three horizontal stripes of different colours. Chinese would look distinctive on top but really bad in the background. Spanish is somewhere in the middle in that regard.

English is generally regarded as the "universal" language and is often used as the default if a specific language is not available so it would make sense to put the British flag on top, then Spanish, then Russian/French/Indian three-colour stripe at the back. Not to indicate any kind of political affiliation, just for the pure aesthetic effect. The three stripes would stand out at the back more than two stripes.

Or you can reverse the order: Spanish first, then the tricolor, then British at the back. It is distinctive enough to stand out even at the back and would also convey the message that it is the default backup language.