On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:07:47 +0200
"A.J. Venter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> Does nobody others have opinion on this subject?
> >
> > With all the new images I missed these. It indeed looks like variations
> > of an inbox, I don't see a relation to a project. Otoh, a project is a
> > bunch of files which can be filed an such box.
> > Anyway, looking at other places in Lazarus, there is the project source
> > icon and there is pkg_project.xpm
> > I think the red/yellow/blue figure are used on more places to indicate
> > something of a project.
> My opinion is to think of what a project is - and then think of how to
> represent it. Basically a project is a number of related files that form
> parts of the same bigger concept.
> One way to represent it would be a file-folder, only this idea has been
> used before for directories (a similar concept in fact). Another would
> be a file-cabinet -but that is typically associated with archives so
> rule that out. A clipboard can hold related files together - but it will
> be mistaken for the copy/paste clipboard.
>
> An inbox/paper-tray does represent it, but is more commonly associated
> with e-mail.
>
> So it looks like all the obvious choices are already taken. In that
> case, let's look at it from a different angle.
>
> A project is what all the files are meant to produce, but the files are
> not the project. The project is an end in itself and it's purpose is to
> produce the executable results. So an executable icon could work - but
> it doesn't quite fit - the project PRODUCES an executable (or becomes
> one) but it ISN'T one itself.
> What is that something that it is. If we think abstractly enough to
> describe the concept of a project - then it is a series of related tasks
> that produce a result.
> Well for THAT idea we do have a commonly recognized symbol - the
> checkbox tree.
>
> Something like this
> |
> |__[]
> |
> |__[]
> |
> |__[]
>
> Now shrink that into a good size, scale it a bit and turn it into pixels
> instead of ascii and I think you got the right kind of concept conveyed
> (with a bit or work anyway)) :p
>
> Any thougths ?
Good idea, well explained but does look ugly (even in pixels). :)
How about putting an executable icon in the background with one or two files
icons in front of it?
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