Consider alternate icons

[andrewiggins]

For running:

• ⏳

For unsure result:

• ⚖
• ❓
• ❔

[kevinpschaaf]

Going with straight colors might be nice:

🟢 : Faster
⚪️ : Unsure
🔴 : Slower

And this makes sense I think:
⏳ : Running

[andrewiggins]

Ooo that is clean. Yea, I'm not a fan of the current 🔍 icon for unsure as it seems to imply there is some "inspecting" action I should take when in reality, most commits will likely not meaningfully impact perf. ⚪ seems to better fade blend in allow the faster or slower results to draw more attention.

cc: @developit, @marvinhagemeister As the other two big users of these results, thoughts here?

[marvinhagemeister]

I'd prefer icons with a distinct contour compared to color bubbles. Otherwise people with a red/green eyesight issue won't be able to differentiate the two.

[andrewiggins]

I think I'm settling on the following updates. I like the ❔ cuz it blends it a little better with text being only black and white but is also a unique contour so we don't only rely on color to communicate info. Could also use ⚪ since the others remain ❌ and ✔ but I think I'm leaning to the question mark.

Running status: ⏳ instead of ⏱
Unsure result: ❔ instead of 🔍

[marvinhagemeister]

Sounds good to me!

[rschristian]

Hopping in a few years late to say icons that can be colored might be preferable to emojis as their color is entirely platform-dependent; the "heavy check", for example, is grey on iOS and on my Linux setup, where as on Android I've heard it's red?

Super minor of course, just would be a nice-to-have.