> The Eclipse UI Guidelines seem pretty well laid-out, but because we are > sticking with Silk in order to maintain consistency between Ext and GeoExt > we don't anticipate making anything aside from 16x16 icons.
Understood; the good stuff though is in how the define the components that make up their icons (color themes etc) in order to make an icon set that is consistent. > I also do not mind the level of collaboration; I would like to make > sure that we use the same visual metaphor (even if we need to produce > a different image due to intended use). > > Could you explain what you mean here? Sure; right now you have: - http://projects.opengeo.org/geosilk/export/1/trunk/geosilk/vector.png And vector database: - http://projects.opengeo.org/geosilk/export/1/trunk/geosilk/database_vector.png And vector server (ie wfs): - http://projects.opengeo.org/geosilk/export/1/trunk/geosilk/server_vector.png The vector server combines the image of a silk/vector.png and the image of silk/server.png. These two images are visual metaphors; which you combine to when creating other icons. Looking at the eclipse guidelines they call this "core icon concepts now" - their explaination is better than mine. So a really "easy" level of collaboration is to link our two pages; and make sure we have similar "core icon concepts"; I am under some restrictions on modifiers/overlays (like add and delete) in your example - but there is no reason we cannot keep the same visual ideas going. Adding a link to your page now. > I hope these ideas are useful? Do you have a wiki page on geosilk to > take notes etc? > > Just made it: http://projects.opengeo.org/geosilk/ Nice presentation; and you document the naming convention - just what was needed. A couple bits of feedback; I try and be very strict on the 16x16 icons so they can be told appart. Looking at your page on my screen from four feet away I find the following: - the map/add map / delete map icons really look like they are crossed out; the "\" shape is all the eye can picks up on. - I see how you based the map on the slik "picture" - Looking closely I now see the "\" line is a road; and the "+" and "-" symbols mask the second road making the result look like a "\" - if you the second road higher the modifier will not interfear - the add/delete modifiers are too similar to tell apart at that distance (they both end up round and I am color blind); one of the reasons a green "+" and a red "x" is used on the udig side. I see that you get these from silk so their is not much to be done. All in all very fun, Jody ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
