2018-01-06 14:15 GMT+01:00 Jeff Young <[email protected]>: > +1 > > And I like Oliver’s proposed icons. I’d suggest two further changes > though: > > 1) The schematic icon (which Oliver didn’t change) should really use the > default colours (dark red symbols, green wires). Then there’s a stronger > tie-in with the libedit icon. > > 2) I think I’d drop the dimensions from the modedit icon, and change the > pad colour to the default (yellow). >
The default pad color is not yellow, that is only what you see for THT pads. Default pad color is green for bottom and red for top copper > > 3) Projects should use the current New Project icon, rather than the > application icon. > I have considered to submit a patch for this for some time, but I guess it is an appropiate time to do this with a major version bump. > > 4) Both the New Project and New Project from Template icons should get > yellow “new” star. > > 5) New Footprint in modedit also needs the star, and the star on New > Symbol in libedit made more prominent. > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > > On 6 Jan 2018, at 12:30, Oliver Walters <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think there is a need to tweak the libedit and modedit icons, as > identified below: > > <Selection_006.png> > > <Selection_007.png> > > 1. The blue 'textured' background is out of place with the other icons > 2. They are very cluttered and hard to read > 3. Weirdly specific callout of dimensions and part names (out of character > with other icons) > > Further, I think that the pcbnew icon could be adjusted slightly to make > it look a bit more like a PCB > > Even as someone who uses KiCad on a regular basis I find myself double > checking which icon I am about to click on (and still getting it wrong half > of the time). > > Below is a **suggestion** of some improvements. I am not trying to back > my own horse here, I'd be happy for anyone else to suggest a better design > for any of these. But I feel that changing these icons would be a good > improvement to make before the v5 release. There have been many people > complaining about these icons in particular, both here and on the user > forums. > > <Selection_008.png> > > Is this a worthwhile endeavor, or are people attached to the weird blue > icons? > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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