I'm pretty much in agreement with Evan here -- eager to see the next round of icons.
-Colin On Feb 19, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote: > > 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
