I see. While this has merit, I don't think it's entirely relevant. What if I have two web browsers on my launcher? What if I don't have a default specified. The concept of differentiating an app as default is broken. There shouldn't be a default web browser, since it really doesn't matter. Opening a file from the file browser should follow the last used app.
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 16:27, frederik.nn...@gmail.com <frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 00:48, Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This seems more like a theme question then, rather than a UI one. A >> custom theme is better suited to solving the issue in your particular >> case. > > > Theming is an excellent approach towards gaining something from this topic, > yes. > It's just that the consumer in me expects to find a theme to be available > and only a few clicks away.. not that i'd have to create it myself. > >> Removing all but one color from an icon by default is a bad idea, >> unless the icon is supposed to be that way. Even these exceptions >> should be kept to a minimum. The issue that arises is that there are >> two main characteristics people use when quickly identifying an icon: >> color and shape. If we make all the icons one color, then this >> distinction is lost, and we must rely on shape alone, which isn't idea >> for many people. This is the exact inverse of a theme like faenza, >> where all the icons are the same shape (you lose the differences in >> shape, then you only have color left). > > > perhaps my wording was ambiguous or unclear, i mean to suggest the > introduction of symbols instead of branding icons into the launcher. > does canonical want app developers to develop their UI or does Ayatana aim > at developing it themselves? > I think Ayatana should come up with symbols for the Unity UI, including > launcher SYMBOLS for default webbrowser, default email UI, default IM UI and > default file management UI. > > Ayatana aka Canonical also came up with symbols for workspace switcher, > trash and Dash, so it is not far fetched to do the same for default apps > such as firefox and thunderbird, empathy and totem, gnome-terminal, > gnome-calculator, [skype,] gnome-terminal and USC. > > symbolic icons, not desaturated corporate branding icons. > >> >> >> I will admit that monochrome icon sets have their artistic merits, but >> functionally, they're a nightmare. Form is nice, but not at the sake >> of function. >> >> Besides, the only other major OS that uses Monochrome app icons is >> Windows Phone 7, and it's not particularly popular with consumers. >> >> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 16:12, frederik.nn...@gmail.com >> <frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 23:57, Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> The indicators work well monochrome because they were designed from >> >> the start to be Monochrome, and include only simple shapes and >> >> outlines. Regular icons do not work this way. >> >> >> >> Perhaps an option to desaturate the launcher icons, or a Unity plugin >> >> if we get a plugin framework. But using this as default is a huge step >> >> backward in usability for most people, particularly those with vision >> >> loss, as the icons will blend into the launcher. >> > >> > >> > "No, I disagree! >> > >> > Some OS designers or theme designers may disagree with this basic >> > premise. >> > Or artists may not have time to produce symbolic variations of all the >> > icons >> > for which software developers desire them. Therefore, there should be a >> > mechanism for developers to request a symbolic variation of an icon, >> > such >> > that it will gracefully fall back to the non-symbolic equivalent if — >> > whether intentionally or unintentionally — no symbolic variation has >> > been >> > provided." >> > >> > >> > (from http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/SymbolicIcons ) >> >> >> >> -- >> Ian Santopietro >> >> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. >> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >> >> "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast >> Ofer middangeard monnum sended" >> >> Pa gur yv y porthaur? >> >> Public GPG key (RSA): >> >> http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234 > > -- Ian Santopietro Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
