I see some poorly stacked books in these images as well and all of which are way to large to be toolbar and menu icons. As I said, if you can pull if off then I'm fine with it.
On 01/07/2018 03:51 PM, Andrey Kuznetsov wrote: > Hi Wayne, > > The problem I had with the library icon is that there are only 2 books, > and a ruler, that's what it looks like to me, and the 2 books are > stacked using a weird tilt angle, usually you'd expect the books to be > stacked straight on the left side, and the book on the right to be > tilted into the books on the left. It's the opposite in the current icon. > > Plenty of book icons online to draw inspiration from, or even creative > commons: > https://www.google.com/search?q=library+book+icon > <https://www.google.com/search?q=library+book+icon> go to images > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > My project leader hat is getting a workout today. Here is what I would > like to see: > > Revert the libedit and modedit icons without pencils since we are doing > away with whole pencil idea. The original blueprint concept for these > icons was clever but they ended up looking a bit busy and didn't really > fit in with the rest of our icons. > > Remove the magnifying glass from the appropriate icons since it is in > the same vein as the pencil. > > Use the gerber file file extension (gbr) on the gerbview icon if we must > use any text. I'm still not convinced that this is the best solution > but I can't think of a better idea off the top of my head. > > Please consider muting the green of the board editor icon. From the > images I've seen the bright green is a bit harsh. Maybe a slightly > darker shade of green would be better. I've looked a hundreds of green > PCBs in my career and I don't ever remember any of them hurting my eyes. > > As for the library icons, I'm fine with those. If you stack the books > neatly, would they still look like books? I'm guessing they wouldn't > but if someone can come up with an orderly book icon than I'm OK > with that. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > > On 01/07/2018 01:43 PM, 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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 7 Jan 2018 05:04, "Chris Pavlina" > >>> <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[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]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > >>> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[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]> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > >>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> <mailto:[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. 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