Hy every one I tried to color code icons, according to this old Mirek proposal : http://clickortap.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/color-codes/ , and using black when the icon has a too general purpose. The result is here (it's based on Issa mock-Up). Personnaly, I'm not any more convinced that having color coded icons would be such a big step forward. But I would to share something I though while doing this.
No mater if icons are not color coded, having bicolor icons (exceptionnaly three MAYBE) could really be great, thinking this way : - each icon should be based on grey, - each icons should have a second color as soon as it can helps understanding the meaning of an icon. Example : Bold icon do not need to be bicolor, but landscape/portrait page yes. - The color should be applicated to the most important, significative part of an icon. In the case of Portrait/Landscape mode, the new orientation would be colored, the old one staying grey. Having just one other color by icon make : - LibreOffice being more differentiated from the concurrency (Gdocs etc) - Staying clean (less colors by icons, more clean, personal filling that seems confirmed by the massive use of monochrome designs (Unity top bar (indicators), MAC OS X, Gdocs, Windows 8 etc etc) - Help to understand what an icon do. What do you think about these "design rules" Kévin Le mer. 20 févr. 2013 22:14:33 CET, Issa Alkurtass a écrit : > Hello Kevin, > > Kévin PEIGNOT wrote on February 21, 2013 12:02 AM: >> I'm relaly not a good icon designer (really bad to be honest), but with >> the svg of the icons I will try to color code them too, because I really >> think this can be a great user friendl (and pretty too) icon set > > Oh sorry, here is the SVG > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Symbolic-test.svg > > _______________________ > Regards, > Issa Alkurtass > Motah Program, KACST > Warning: This message and its attachment, if any, are confidential and may > contain information protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender immediately and delete the message and its > attachment, if any. You should not copy the message and its attachment, if > any, or disclose its contents to any other person or use it for any purpose. > Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail and its attachment, if any, > are those of the sender, and do not necessarily reflect those of King > Abdulaziz city for Science and Technology (KACST) in the Kingdom of Saudi > Arabia. KACST accepts no liability for any damage caused by this email. > > تحذير: هذه الرسالة وما تحويه من مرفقات (إن وجدت) تمثل وثيقة سرية قد تحتوي على > معلومات محمية بموجب القانون. إذا لم تكن الشخص المعني بهذه الرسالة فيجب عليك > تنبيه المُرسل بخطأ وصولها إليك، وحذف الرسالة ومرفقاتها (إن وجدت)، ولا يجوز لك > نسخ أو توزيع هذه الرسالة أو مرفقاتها (إن وجدت) أو أي جزء منها، أو البوح > بمحتوياتها للغير أو استعمالها لأي غرض. علماً بأن فحوى هذه الرسالة ومرفقاتها > (ان وجدت) تعبر عن رأي المُرسل وليس بالضرورة رأي مدينة الملك عبدالعزيز للعلوم > والتقنية بالمملكة العربية السعودية، ولا تتحمل المدينة أي مسئولية عن الأضرار > الناتجة عن ما قد يح تويه هذا البريد. > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
