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Ferris icons are nearly indistinguishable

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Description

To me, the Ferris icons look more or less the same. The differences (the small mouth, the question mark, the positions of the claws) are almost negligible compared to the similarities (the big spiky red body, the chibi eyes with their pupils, the legs).

Could they be made a bit more distinguishable?

To propose a solution, each of the icons can be linked to a symbol, which would be clearly displayed (maybe even repeated) above Ferris:

  • ? for "compilation error"
  • ! for "runtime error" ("panic")
  • # for "logic error"

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Research direction

Review the Ferris icons and the proposed mappings in this issue: ? for compilation errors, ! for runtime errors, and # for logic errors. Done means the icons are more distinguishable while preserving their association with these three error types.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
design, documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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