Different icon for Silent Mode

I recall quite a few posters wondering about the meaning of the Silent Mode icon:

Silent_Mode_icon.png

 

The icon has been described in several threads as "strange" or "different", as "eyebrows" or like it is "being peeled"; and just this evening, someone asked about the icon's identity in the German Norton Forums, observing that it resembled a spider. In one case, a user was wondering if they had a virus when the normal Norton icon changed to the Silent Mode one. Briefly, it looks like the Silent Mode icon is a bit mysterious; maybe it could be changed into, for instance, a speech bubble saying "Silent Mode on" or "Silent Mode activated"? Or/and perhaps a list of all Norton system tray icons could be included in the Norton Help Center.

I recall quite a few posters wondering about the meaning of the Silent Mode icon:

Silent_Mode_icon.png

 

The icon has been described in several threads as "strange" or "different", as "eyebrows" or like it is "being peeled"; and just this evening, someone asked about the icon's identity in the German Norton Forums, observing that it resembled a spider. In one case, a user was wondering if they had a virus when the normal Norton icon changed to the Silent Mode one. Briefly, it looks like the Silent Mode icon is a bit mysterious; maybe it could be changed into, for instance, a speech bubble saying "Silent Mode on" or "Silent Mode activated"? Or/and perhaps a list of all Norton system tray icons could be included in the Norton Help Center.

Agree, the icon should be changed to something which looks good and describes the function/status behind it.

Another thread on the topic just tumbled in this morning (my time) :-)

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-360/Strange-Norton-Icon/td-p/251257

Hi Symantec:

 

I feel that it's time to finally address this thread! :smileysurprised:

 

Please insert a picture of this Icon in the NIS 2012 Support Page for Silent Mode.

 

Also, When I "mouse over" the icon in my Systray, it just says "Norton Internet Security."

Why not "Silent Mode Is Enabled" as a better description?

 

Helping you to make a better product,

 

Atomic Blast :)