"GBR" is the standard abbreviation. Here's the official logo direct from Ucamco:
https://www.ucamco.com/images/product_images/image/69/gbrx2_256x256_black_bg.png If we put the name of the format in the icon, it should be loosely based on that. GRB is a horrible idea, nobody abbreviates it to that. On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 06:43:05PM +0000, Andrey Kuznetsov wrote: > I think GBR might be confusing since Gerber has 2 Rs, why not GRB, see what > I mean? I know it's the file extension .gbr, but how many new people will > figure it out easily? I think "Gerb" would be much better, besides, the > older existing icons use LM2902-N, etc in the icon and that's still > readable by me on 1080p with regular DPI, so Gerb would definitely fit. > > I think 3-4 letters on the icons would definitely help, like Krisoffer > suggested. > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 1:59 AM, Jeff Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 to eeschema icon changes > > > > +1 to reverting libedit and modedit, but with no pencils > > > > +1 to no magnifying glass (the drill file, net and BOM icons all have > > three letters on them; I’m sure GBR would fit on the gerber icon) > > > > I still think we need to change the project icon in the navigation to > > something similar to the New Project icons (instead of the application > > icon). > > > > Kudos to Oliver for spear-heading this. > > > > Cheers, > > Jeff. > > > > > > On 7 Jan 2018, at 08:32, Andrey Kuznetsov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I agree, no pencils, no magnifying glass. > > > > By the way, anyone else thinks the .lib file icons in the navigation looks > > weird? If it's meant to look like a few stacked books, why are they tilted > > in weird directions? > > > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 12:26 AM, Simon Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> if the modedit/libedit icons are to be reverted then i believe the > >> pencils should be removed, seeing as they were used to portray edit i > >> believe but now that pcbnew/eeschema don’t have them they just seem odd > >> > >> On 7/01/2018, at 2:28 PM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I have been intending to revert the annotate icon in eeschema to the old > >> one, which made much more sense to me thatn the current one. > >> > >> 2018-01-07 1:24 GMT+01:00 Oliver Walters <[email protected]> > >> : > >> > >>> I have attached a patchset which performs the following: > >>> > >>> 1. Revert libedit icon to previous version > >>> 2. Revert modedit icon to previous version > >>> 3. Updates pcbnew icon to look more like a PCB > >>> 4. Update colors of eeschema icon > >>> 5. Various (almost imperceptible) tweaks to a number of icons to fix > >>> graphic alignment issues > >>> > >>> Here is a screenshot of the updated icons: > >>> > >>> > >>> <Selection_010.png> > >>> > >>> > >>> <Selection_009.png> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Oliver Walters < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 7 Jan 2018 05:04, "Chris Pavlina" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I wish we had something resembling a policy for icons. It seems like > >>>> someone always wants to change them. We had decent icons for these > >>>> _before_, and then someone submitted new ones, and they were accepted > >>>> because... I don't know? Many of the new icons are really ambiguous and > >>>> kind of useless. Shouldn't have been merged. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> This is why I'm pushing for *a* change and not *my* change, I remember > >>>> how the argument went last time, before they were silently merged. > >>>> > >>>> I also note that there is a lack of consistency between similar icons. > >>>> e.g. there are many icons which incorporate an arrow but the style/shape > >>>> of > >>>> the arrows varies. > >>>> > >>>> For the record, I like these proposed ones. They bring back the ability > >>>> to recognize them at a glance. > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 05:52:49PM +0000, kristoffer Ödmark wrote: > >>>> > I would love to see improved icons, I still never get used to them so > >>>> i read > >>>> > the tooltip, newer know which one is pcb and which one is module > >>>> editor. > >>>> > > >>>> > Luckily most of the time I only need to double click the kicad_pcb > >>>> file > >>>> > anyway :) > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > On 2018-01-06 15:08, Nick Østergaard wrote: > >>>> > > 2018-01-06 14:15 GMT+01:00 Jeff Young <[email protected] > >>>> > > <mailto:[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] > >>>> > > > <mailto:[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 > >>>> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > >>>> > > > Post to : [email protected] > >>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > >>>> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > >>>> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>>> > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > _______________________________________________ > >>>> > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>> > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > >>>> > > Post to : [email protected] > >>>> > > <mailto:[email protected]> > >>>> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>> > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > >>>> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>>> > > <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 > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future > > Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the > > future [JFK] > > > > [email protected] > > Live Long and Prosper, > > Andrey > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > -- > Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future > Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the > future [JFK] > > [email protected] > Live Long and Prosper, > Andrey _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
