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------- Additional comments from [email protected] Fri Jul 16 15:38:49 +0000 2010 ------- FYI - A little history on this issue and to show you this is an "old", pre-3.2.1-release (!) issue! ------------------------------------ This issue was barely given attention in the recent "Community Newsletter" http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=423. "Document icon design: Christoph will formulate a proposal to be discussed with Stefan. This will be presented to the CC on the CC discuss mailing list." That was it. >:[ The latest Community Council Meeting Minutes http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Minutes#Minutes_of_Meetings mentions that 'current ODF "only" icons seem to be undesired by the community', but there is NO MENTION of the issue of monochrome vs. color icons! Why not?!!! Please address this issue in the August meeting!!! Or is the CC not the right place for this??? cornouws can you comment on this? In the Minutes there is a link to the original, very lengthy discussion on ODF vs. OOo icons, but there is no mention in there about the (colorless) start center icons. I did find a thread to that and the topic of color was brought up on April 19: http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=branding&msgNo=122 And the next response in that thread is exactly what has happened!!! ----- "Hi Rosana, Jens, everyone, Is there really no possible compromise on the use of a color scheme? And if not, why? I think this might be a huge usability hindrance. (I mean, before, people thought to click the green to create a spreadsheet or click the orange for a presentation. Now that's gone, and it's a lot harder to quickly find the wanted application or file. Is the step back really necessary?)" ===== And here was the answer given: ------------------------------ > 1. Why is there a need for complete lack of colors (besides blue). What > is the rationale? > The reason is to make the ODF icons promiment and not take the attention away from them by placing other elements with different colors on the start center. But as mentioned above the start center can be modified. ===== For those interested, you can follow the rest of that debate here: http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=branding&msgNo=130 and continue following it by clicking on "Next in thread: New start center icons" towards the top of each post. Summary: One contributor summed up the discussion nicely with: "if we are going to discuss the color issue in that early stage, why do we expect the others to accept the "single color version"?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
