very thanks to Jeremy and all the others to engage to find a good and
practicable way to
come to an svg iconset. I am following this topic with interst but I do know
now how to help.
> Hi All,
>
> I'm going to get a bit ratty about these exchanges over svg icons. I did
> send in an email indicating that I was looking at the problem. No
> response from anyone!
>
> Yet, there is a continuous drivel of discussion about this topic and not
> many people have got the point.
>
> THIS IS NOT SIMPLY A MATTER OF CONVERTING EXISTING GIF AND PNG FILES TO
> SVG. IT WON"T WORK!!!!
>
> I have spent nearly 50 hours this week looking at the problem. In my
> opinion the whole lot needs to be redrawn.
>
> We need a different approach to the icons, they should be held in a
> single place. At the moment they are littered throughout the code like
> discarded toffee wrappers.
>
> They are inconsistently named.
>
> Inconsistently drawn. There are multiple different versions of the same
> thing.
>
> Many have no real relationship with what they are trying to represent.
>
> There is more... You can't just replace the gifs and pngs with svgs
> because the code won't handle them I suspect quite a lot of rewriting
> will be required. But, I haven't got far enough in my investigation to
> be sure. SVG files were originally developed to use in websites and not
> in stand-alone apps.
>
> Other problems are the tools all graphic design apps output the svgs
> slightly different but they can also tune them for a specific purpose,
> so their production needs to be done with great care.
>
> We need to create a coherent and consistent set of icons which will
> improve the visual appearance of NetBeans and enhance the user experience.
>
> This will be NO SIMPLE or QUICK task.
>
> In my view the earliest we should aim for is release 13.0. Any earlier
> and everything will be rushed and unsatisfactory. Don't forget the
> current set of icons has been around for a while can stay for a few more
> months without a real problem.
>
> I could say more but I'm tired.
>
> Please respond to this email.
>
> Even if you don't I will continue for my personal satisfaction.
>
> Regards to all.
>
> Jeremy
>
> P.S., Stay Home, Stay Safe bu, above all Stay Healthy
>
>
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