On Feb 19, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Robert Vehse wrote: >> I always thought the whole point of this vote was to get an idea which of the >> three sets was the most accepted allowing us to go with a particular set and >> to >> then work out the issues we have with this set with its author. >> >> Choosing each icon by itself and thereby mixing different sets might seem the >> easier solution but it doesn't help Adium's appearance. We are left with an >> odd >> mélange of different styles. >> >> So my proposal would be to choose a set and to improve it. Both George and >> Bogdan have shown they are responsive and open to suggestions. > > Nobody responded to this (or Paul's email prior to mine) but I'd like to see > this put back on the agenda. > > There are two major reasons why I disagree with the selection of icons made > by Evan and Zac: > > 1. Icons from all three sets (current, Bogdan's, George's) were chosen which > results in Adium looking pretty inconsistent. (Paul elaborated on this in his > email from February 27, 2011 - http://markmail.org/message/4cehenuhfiu6z3xm) > 2. The choice is pretty random and doesn't reflect the results of the vote > (http://wixardy.net/adiumIcons/;http://wixardy.net/adiumIcons/pics.php). > > We really, really need to settle on one set and go from there if we want to > achieve any kind of consistency.
Looking back over this, I am fine with Bogdan's set overall with a few notable exceptions: - I dislike using generic people icons instead of the Adiumy outline. The two are equally understandable; the Adiumy outline is Adium personality. - I like George's Advanced Prefs icon a lot better for larger display in the main preferences - I would prefer if pref-personal used an Adiumy outline for consistency - The drawing style on pref-defaultclient for Adiumy isn't consistent with his appearance elsewhere I never saw Paul's detailed email. :\ Paul wrote: > I think some of the updates are a clear improvement, but in some cases there's > still problems. I've thrown together some quick comparisons to explain this > better, and to hopefully change your minds on the outcome. > > Events Preferences (Top is present / Bottom is proposed changes): > http://cl.ly/4t6t > I really don't get how these weren't deemed as an improvement over the > previous. > The old ones are big images that scale down pretty badly, which in turn end up > blurred and hard to distinguish what you are actually looking at. The black > Adiumy on the alert icon could be anything. Contact list icon looks pretty bad > as well. The old Adiumy is also still present in the application. I note that the Events section on the voting page is showing them larger than they currently appear in Adium, making pixellation worse. Paul's comparison (http://cl.ly/4t6t) is more useful. I think they are a small step forward. > > > Get Info Pane: > > http://cl.ly/4tSs > > Same as the above - blurry icons. The chalkboard icon could say anything and > the > user wouldn't know. The icon, and therefore tab could be for anything. First > icon should ideally be a contact card, but a better scaled one. Agreed, though the new gear isn't rendered well, either, at that size. > > > Preferences: > > http://cl.ly/4sWe > > This is where the idea of consistency isn't happening. The 'Status' and > 'Events' > icons stand out so easily as belonging somewhere else. The outlines on the > Status icon are way too high in contrast to stand in line with the other > icons, > and the Events icon is an entirely different style all together. I can see that. > > > Message View: > > http://cl.ly/4sG8 > > Couple of icons which are styled different that could be updated: > > 'Add Contact' (my own icon from years ago!) has a different style of shading > that doesn't sit well with the other icons > 'Add Group Chat Bookmark' has an entirely different design style > True. -Evan
