I always disliked this "half" Adiumy icons (especially the one in the menu bar). It's not very clear what it is in the first place, and also using an altered Adiumy icon isn't ok to me.
- Adrian. On Mar 04, 2012, at 16:22, Håvard Pedersen wrote: > I don't think adding shoulders would make it clearer it's a duck, > since ducks don't have shoulders. The only distinctive features, the > beak, will never be recognizable in a front-facing silouette. > > Håvard Pedersen > http://fuzzy76.net/ > > > > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 17:52, Peter Hosey <bore...@adium.im> wrote: >> On Mar 3, 2012, at 04:06:56, Håvard Pedersen wrote: >>> IMHO, the duck just doesn't translate well to a silouette. That looks more >>> like a person silhouette vs rorschach blob. >> >> It's an unfair comparison, since the Duck silhouette presented is missing >> its shoulders. Imagine comparing that human silhouette to its head portion >> only; it would be like a person silhouette vs. a rough circle. >> >> I agree that of those designs, that person silhouette is the strongest and >> that Duck silhouette the weakest, but a better Duck silhouette is possible. >> (I'll leave it to the icon designers to decide whether pursuing one is a >> good use of their time.) >> >> >
