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Yes, please, either remove them or at replace them with something more meaningful. Every time I see one I have to hover over it to figure out whether something

Yes, please, either remove them or at replace them with something more meaningful. Every time I see one I have to hover over it to figure out whether something's actually wrong, and (confession time...) sometimes I even deliberately trigger a bunch of (non-)builds so it goes sunny again. If you want to show the state of the last 5 builds, then... show the state of the last 5 builds. e.g. ynyyY (imagine unicode ticks and crosses instead) Just my tuppence. For the record, Jenkins is amazing in how it has sparked a revolution in the CI world, and I love it, but the weather icons do wind me up somewhat. Edit: replaced unicode ticks and crosses with y and n because they weren't showing up.

kevin_thibedeau 10y ago
A mini pie-chart would suffice to show recent history. Current status could be in the center with five or six slices around the perimeter showing historical results.
- glenjamin 10y ago
  Pie charts are almost always a poor way to show information. http://www.businessinsider.com/pie-charts-are-the-worst-2013-6?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/pie-charts-are-the-worst-2013... For what you're suggesting a horizontal thermometer shape might work, as that would make the historical order more obvious (Y)nnyyn
  - i386 10y ago
    That's a great idea - will take it into consideration :)
  - kevin_thibedeau 10y ago
    They are poor for showing relative proportion. In this application they would be fine since it would only be ancillary info that doesn't need to be scrutinized.
- stephenconnolly 10y ago
  It's not supposed to be just recent history. The weather is also supposed to be: * the code coverage of the most recent build, * the findbugs / violations count of the most recent build * any other health metric that plugins decide to contribute to the build. The icon is supposed to be the icon of whichever report is the worst health and FTR each plugin has always had the option to define their own icons (see my other reply for a more detailed background)

kevin_thibedeau 10y ago

A mini pie-chart would suffice to show recent history. Current status could be in the center with five or six slices around the perimeter showing historical results.

glenjamin 10y ago
Pie charts are almost always a poor way to show information. http://www.businessinsider.com/pie-charts-are-the-worst-2013-6?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/pie-charts-are-the-worst-2013... For what you're suggesting a horizontal thermometer shape might work, as that would make the historical order more obvious (Y)nnyyn
- i386 10y ago
  That's a great idea - will take it into consideration :)
- kevin_thibedeau 10y ago
  They are poor for showing relative proportion. In this application they would be fine since it would only be ancillary info that doesn't need to be scrutinized.
stephenconnolly 10y ago
It's not supposed to be just recent history. The weather is also supposed to be: * the code coverage of the most recent build, * the findbugs / violations count of the most recent build * any other health metric that plugins decide to contribute to the build. The icon is supposed to be the icon of whichever report is the worst health and FTR each plugin has always had the option to define their own icons (see my other reply for a more detailed background)