Regardless of how we end up doing the conversion of bitmap icons to SVG, it 
would be useful to reach a consensus on the graphical style to use.

A while back I typed up a proposed style guide here:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2617

This is the style used in my NetBeans Platform application, which looks like 
this:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/13011239/ScreenshotExample.png

Here are examples of a few icons that have been redrawn from bitmap to SVG in 
this style (and Pete Whelpton also attached a few more ton NETBEANS-2617):
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12970381/style%20example.png

The main principle is to keep the overall shapes and colors of the existing 
NetBeans icons, but modernize them by (1) vectorizing the shapes, (2) omitting 
unnecessary shadows, (3) omitting gradients, and (4) making outlines less 
pronounced.

Do people like this style?

-- Eirik



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