Very quickly: i'm personally for the Jaron Gear. I've done the detailing job on it too, but the proposal here looks better actually. :D
~Paulo 2011/2/2 Christoph Noack <[email protected]> > Hi Bernhard, hi Thorsten! > > I keep the full mail, since I'd like to forward it to Thorsten - who > might not be aware of this mail. > > Am Mittwoch, den 02.02.2011, 21:27 +0100 schrieb Bernhard Dippold: > > Hi Jaron, all, > > > > sorry that I can't work on the icons today, but I'm sick - the stomach > > flu my children had during the last days caught myself. > > :-( Oh, please recover very soon ... > > > So I try to get at least the most important stuff done... > > > > Jaron Kuppers schrieb: > > > Hi Bernhard, > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Bernhard Dippold< > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Macro_icons.png > > >> > > >> Do you think they are okay in comparable in quality? > > >> > > > I think the "Jaron gear" works better at the 16px but "Paulo's gear" > looks > > > better at the 128px size. > > > > I just copied the shadings Paulo used for his icons to the "Jaron gear" > > - but as Paulo has limited Internet access he will probably not be able > > to step in in time. > > > > > > > > >> Which one should we propose to include in LibreOffice 3.3.1? > > >> > > >> As part of our collaborative work I'd like to include Jaron's. > > >> > > > If you honestly think Paulo's gear is better don't include my change. > I > > > would rather the better icon be shipped out. My feelings won't be > hurt. :-) > > > > My personal impression is that your gear look more technical, it can't > > be mistaken as star or flower. > > > > So as nobody else commented on them, I'd go with yours. > > > > I'm quite sure that these icons will be visible on the user's desktop > > quite seldom - and from my personal experience (not UX based) these > > people rather use smaller than larger document icons. > > > > > > I integrated Jaron's Macro icons and the lighter Impress template > gradient > > >> in this source file: > > >> > > >> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOffice_Initial_Icons-pre_final.svg > > >> > > >> If we are okay with the icons in this file, they will be the ones to > hand > > >> over to Thorsten tomorrow. > > >> > > >> So please comment all: Critics, approval, what ever else: > > >> > > > In general the icons look great! My five dislikes are: (by the way it > > > started at 2 and then I got really critical) > > > 1) Calc 128px icon: The middle column at the top row is a little light. > > > 2) Calc 128px icon: The lines on the bar graph next to the orange bar > > > contrast too much > > > 3) Draw 16px icon: I liked it better in a previous iteration where the > > > triangle was the same equilateral triangle as in the other icons > > > 4) Impress 128px icon: The shadow could be a little bit darker I > think... > > > (opacity changed to ~80) > > > 5) HTML/Web 16px icon: If you take the 32px "World" and shrink it to > the > > > 16px world size and then change the "web" to 0.5 px width you get a > nicer > > > icon.* > > > > I can see all the points (perhaps except the last one - I'd like to have > > it visualized), some of them apply to the 256px icons too: So yes, there > > is room for improvement. > > > > I'd like to read Paulo's and Christoph's comments (and other's). > > > > But as time for improvements for the LibO 3.3.1 release seems to be > > over, we'll have to work on them for the next release. > > > > As your proposals don't change the general look&feel, it will not lead > > to user confusion when we change the icons slightly in the next releases. > > > > So I'd like to ask Thorsten to use this file to create the icons to be > > included in LibreOffice 3.3.1: > > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/d/d4/LibreOffice_Initial_Icons-pre_final.svg > > > > > > I can't find the issue/bug where the first version of the icons has been > > uploaded to bugs.freedesktop.org, so I can't attach the file there. > > But we do have the wiki page ;-) > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/LibreOffice_Initial_Icons#Source_Code_Integration > > However, I've added the link to the most recent files to the issue > tracker. > > > It's a great result for a really collaborative work - and we go on this > > way with the new logo (I like Nik's proposal very much - will comment it > > tomorrow) and other tasks ! > > Thorsten, might that work? I didn't follow the discussion that closely > concerning how to export / do the icons. Do you need some help, then > please ask on the mailing list. > > Unfortunately, I'm unable to help today/tomorrow, since I'm also a bit > busy as well :-\ > > Cheers, > Christoph > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected]<design%[email protected]> > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
