Re: [lazarus] The Latest IDE icons
I vote to change them back to original ,too.Icons are too large and almost lay on each other (visually it's hard to find needed control on tab Standard or Additional) Some of them are good looking however. Whit the images itself I don't have a problem. They don't differ much from the original (its this thread which brought it to my attention). But indeed, I think the buttons might be somewhat bigger. I like some of them, and dislike others myself but I LIKE the idea of a distinct lazarus icon set, some of the component buttons are too small though (or perhaps the icons are too big ?) On a related noted, I have been thinking that it would be great to have a set of developer-icons which can be (optionally) installed with lazarus for use by lazarus programmers inside apps. Now I don't feel like starting from nothing, so my suggestion would be to take the icon set from kylix to get a LIST of what icons are shipped with delphi (but NOT use those - licensing) and then take some very good LGPL'd icon set (I love nuvola so it has my vote), take the 16x16 icons from that and do a set of xpm/ico conversions selecting a replacement for everything on the kylix/delphi list. The default location of this set could then be the default start directory for the IDE image-open dialog - making it just that much easier on somebody using it for the first time as they will be able to instantly find icons for their image-lists etc. What do you all think about this ? I am happy to do the work but obviously I won't bother if nobody else thinks it's a good idea. Since it will be fairly static, it may not have to go into the SVN tree, perhaps it should be distributed as a separate zip/tarball - all off of these things are worth thinking about and discussing. Ciao A.J. -- A.J. Venter Chief Software Architect OpenLab International www.getopenlab.com www.silentcoder.co.za +27 82 726 5103 _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] The Latest IDE icons
A.J. Venter wrote: snip What do you all think about this ? I am happy to do the work but obviously I won't bother if nobody else thinks it's a good idea. Since it will be fairly static, it may not have to go into the SVN tree, perhaps it should be distributed as a separate zip/tarball - all off of these things are worth thinking about and discussing. Ciao A.J. I like the idea. Let me know if there is anyway I can assist. Regards Andrew Higgs _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] The Latest IDE icons
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:48:15 +0100 Bogus__aw Brandys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George Lober wrote: Hello all, Having updated to the latest svn Lazarus, I have noticed the icons for the various components have changed, and I have to voice my opinion and say that the changes are definitely a step backwards, if not a few. While the new icons in the 'Dialogs' section are an improvement, the new icons in 'Standard', 'Additional', and 'Common Controls' are too busy and amateurish looking. Why the change ? There was absolutely nothing wrong with the replaced icons such as TEdit, TMemo, TListbox, TComboBox, TGroupBox, TRadioGroup, TCheckGroup, TPanel, TActionList, TTreeView, TListView, TPaintBox, TLabeledEdit, TSplitter,TMaskEdit, TCheckListBox, TScrollBox, TStringGrid, TDrawGrid, TPairSplitter. As the saying goes, If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you are going for a change, let's at least have something better not worse. Please reconsider the changes. Regards, George I vote to change them back to original ,too.Icons are too large and almost lay on each other (visually it's hard to find needed control on tab Standard or Additional) Some of them are good looking however. I'm using Windows XP. I agree. I got a list of the icons and in the browser, they look very nice. But some icons are 'difficult'. I first thought, that maybe I'm just too used to the old icons. But some were wrong. I already replaced some with the old icons. I will replace the above mentioned back to the old ones. Mttias _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] The Latest IDE icons
On Wednesday 01 March 2006 11:29, Andrew Higgs wrote: A.J. Venter wrote: snip What do you all think about this ? I am happy to do the work but obviously I won't bother if nobody else thinks it's a good idea. Since it will be fairly static, it may not have to go into the SVN tree, perhaps it should be distributed as a separate zip/tarball - all off of these things are worth thinking about and discussing. Ciao A.J. I like the idea. Let me know if there is anyway I can assist. Well then, why not split the job evenly ? I'll do the xpm's, and you can do the ICO version ? The first part is going to be selecting the right icon replacements, I have no doubt I will on occasion be stuck between choices, at those times I would like to put it up for a vote if the list admins have no objections to me sending the ones I am looking at an asking which the users would prefer. A.J. -- there's nothing as inspirational for a hacker as a cat obscuring a bug by sitting in front of the monitor - Boudewijn Rempt A.J. Venter Chief Software Architect OpenLab International www.getopenlab.com www.silentcoder.co.za +27 82 726 5103 _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
