Hi :) Good points but i think these were made in the original discussion. The decision to use Galaxy was due to it being clearer when printed, (a side issue was that it was the only other one available on all platforms at the time (i think))
Tango might look nice on-screen but if it looks horrible in print or is too murky so see what's going on (bearing in mind that not all readers have good eyesight) then that is even more reason to use Galaxy in print. Similarly the other way around. I'm not sure if i would like Galaxy as the default on-screen but it looks great in the guides. There is a 3rd option and probably others too 3. Just leave it to the disclaimer to explain why the icons look different and perhaps signpost people to how to change sets for themselves and a place to find new sets. 4. In the disclaimer print 1 copy of the Tango set and 1 of the Galaxy set so that people can refer back to it if they have problem with a screen-shot Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Peter Schofield <[email protected]> >To: Jean Weber <[email protected]> >Cc: "[email protected]" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013, 7:59 >Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LO 4.0 user guides - Icon set > >Hello Jean > >The Galaxy icon set does look better and the pictograms used do follow other >icon sets fairly closely. Best example is for Bold, Italic and Underline - >nearly the same as MS Office - and have been used for a very long time. Even >Apple programs uses B, I and U. > >However, we have to think of the users. The default set when you install LO is >the Tango icon set. Also, most Linux distributions that include LO use the >Tango set, Ubuntu is the best example I can think of. The majority of users >will probably NOT change the icon for LO to Galaxy, so it would be better to >continue with Tango so the user guides match the default LO installation. This >would make it easier for users, even if there is a dislike for Tango amongst >the LO docs team. > >Another solution to think about. Is it possible to get the default LO >installation to automatically use the Galaxy icon set? It would also mean >getting the Linux distributions who include LO to use the Galaxy set. > >Regards > >PeterS > >Peter Schofield >[email protected] > > >On 23 Jan 2013, at 22:20, Jean Weber wrote: > >> OK, since we all dislike the Tango icons, let's keep using Galaxy in the >> v4.0 user guides for now. That will also save some work in identifying and >> replacing icon images. >> >> --Jean >> >> On 24/01/2013, at 1:46, Peter Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello John >>> >>> I only did this as an experiment. It will be easy enough to change back to >>> Galaxy if we can get an agreement to continue with Galaxy. >>> >>> Thanks for the info about the commenting in Writer. I shall watch out for >>> it. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> PeterS >>> >>> On 23 Jan 2013, at 16:04, John Smith wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Peter >>>> I've just taken a quick look at your chapter and agree that Tango is not >>>> too good an icon set. I've expressed the same opinion to Jean and I hope >>>> the decision will be made to stay with Galaxy. >>>> >>>> With regards to the chapter you've just posted, the copyright page carries >>>> the date range 'to 2012'. I've been changing this to 2013. >>>> Jean is going to make a decision on how we refer to file types: .odt, >>>> *.odt, .ODT, or just ODT etc. This so we have a consistent presentation in >>>> the docs. >>>> I only wanted to look at the document to see your graphics to see if they >>>> reinforced my thoughts on the Tango set, I've not done a read-through so >>>> can't comment further. >>>> >>>> Oh! Speaking of comments. The new Writer allows you to select a range of >>>> text and add a comment to it. With my Win XP set-up, on the files in which >>>> I did this as a reminder for when I returned to them, LO could not open >>>> them, returning a read error. Watch out for that. Could only be Windows. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> JohnS >>>> >>>> On 23/01/2013 14:04, PeeWee wrote: >>>>> Hello >>>>> >>>>> I have just uploaded a draft copy of Version 4 of the Getting Started >>>>> Guide >>>>> Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice to the ODF Authors website. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/draft-lo-4.0/gs-chap-1-introducing-libreoffice/view >>>>> >>>>> It is ready for review and comment. >>>>> >>>>> Please note that I have used the default Tango set of icons. I will be >>>>> honest and say that this is not the best set of icons I have seen for >>>>> software. Much prefer the Galaxy set. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> PeterS >>>>> > > >-- >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
