Peli: this doc page also implies you must be using Mac (and nothing else!) to do your graphic design.
YA PS. And you are supposed to emulate iPhone look and feel with all your might. Think about it: even a rectangular or odd-shaped frame is not allowed. On May 1, 5:07 pm, Peli <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the new widget design > guidelines:http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_des... > > Being an "open source" platform, I wonder why the graphics creation > depends on the commercial application "Photoshop". > > I personally don't have access to Photoshop, and only use Gimp and > Inkscape for graphics creation, so I wonder if similar design > guideline settings could be provided for those open source graphics > applications. > > I know the Android development team may have other priorities right > now, so it would also be nice if some independent designer would share > information how to achieve the exactly same effect in other open > source graphics applications. > > In the long run, it may be nice to provide widget frames also in other > formats, like Gimp XCF format or Inkscape SVG format, instead of only > the proprietary Photoshop PSD format under which the frames on that > link above are currently stored. > > After all, we code for Android in Eclipse, and not in say Visual > Studio, so why not provide support for open applications also for > graphics development? > > Peliwww.openintents.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
