[feature] add custom integration icon about healthchecks HOT 3 CLOSED

Yeah, I think it's a neat idea, but the effort to implement it, and the resulting extra complexity is not worth it.

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The integration icons in the "My Checks" page use an icon font. This is done for performance reasons – if an account has many checks, there can be potentially hundreds of icons, and using an <img> element for each one can slow down the browser to the point the where it is noticeably sluggish.

The limitations of using an icon font are: each icon can have only one color, and it is not easy to add new icons.

One thing that may help somewhat: you can give integrations names. If the integration has a name, the name will display in a tooltip when you hover over the icon.

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use an icon font

Oh, I see, that's clever :)

name will display in a tooltip when you hover over the icon

I've seen the tooltip. It's good but not as good as a custom icon.

it is not easy to add new icons

Yeah, I just had a look at the 'static/font' folder. It would be feasible to add an icon. But the main difficulty is that the icon is currently based on the integration type, not an other property of the check that should be managed.

Maybe this goodies does not worth the effort after all.

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