https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85693
--- Comment #15 from Jay Philips <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Mirek2 from comment #14) > > Please enlighten me, as i dont see Gnome icons used on Windows, OSX or > > Ubuntu. :D > > > > Well, Ubuntu's icon theme is based on elementary, and neither has the same > amount of icons as Gnome and both seem to use Gnome as a "fallback", so some > Gnome icons seep through. For example: > http://blogs.gnome.org/jnelson/files/2012/05/geary-screenshot-2.png (the > font and paragraph icons are Gnome's). Yes i'm aware that Ubuntu's human icon theme is based on tango/gnome icons, so i guess some of gnomes those icons would appear to ubuntu users. > And there are various pieces of software that use Gnome's icons on other > platforms -- https://documenteditor.codeplex.com/ , for example. Well gnome icons appearing in software will always happen, as the icons are open source. Document editor seems interesting with their 40x40 icons as well as modifying a number of the default gnome icons like numbering list. > > Yes it would be more practical to use all unique icons, but see the > > likelihood of the floppy icon appearing on a user's OS and LO's toolbar > > being very slim, that wouldnt warrant us having to change the icon. I see > > that as long as LO doesnt use the same icon twice to mean two different > > things, we use the icon to represent what we want in the app. > > No -- it's a slippery slope, really, I don't ever want to use the same icon > to mean two completely different things. Well lets see what Alex can come up with then. > > Yes i can see how the unique purple color could be associated exclusively > > with saving, but as no purple floppy disks were created, having an object in > > a color it is never know to be colored in doesnt work that well. > > Why? To me, it works well precisely because of that -- since there is no > physical object of that color, a floppy disk of this color always means > saving and never means the device. The save icon is recognized by shape, not > by color. Seems i was mistaken about there never being purple floppies, as my friend said he had some growing up ( http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/fberti/fberti1104/fberti110400153/9320845-two-floppy-disk-3d-illustration.jpg ) and see through ones ( http://science.opposingviews.com/DM-Resize/photos.demandstudios.com/getty/article/176/133/AA039252.jpg?w=600&h=600&keep_ratio=1 ). Yes the save icon as a floppy is primarily known by the shape. > Incidentally, Word 2007 and 2010 have purple save icons: > http://i.stack.imgur.com/tPbpM.jpg . (This may have subconsciously inspired > me, as I have used Office 2007.) Though i have Word 2007, i add the save icon to the top bar, i never click on the office icon to have seen the purple there, but do use the MS snipping tool and see they are using the purple floppy icon there ( http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/images/Vista/snipping_tool.jpg ). > > They had designed these icons at 5 different icon sizes knowing that users > > would be having various screen resolutions that these icons can be shown. > > But as LO only has 16x16 and 24x24, these icons do look small and sometimes > > unclear on most screen available these days. I personally love the gnome > > tango icons at 32x32 or 48x48 at my screen resolution (1440x900), but the > > 24x24 icons look blurry due to the gradients on the stroke and glossy effect > > found on the character based icons. > > These icons were designed specifically for 16x16 and 22x22 (we add a 1px > margin), and all versions were designed for the same screen resolution. The > other sizes are there for applications that use extra large icons in their > toolbars or for use outside toolbars (dialogs, for example). Though designed at the same screen resolution, users see the icons at different screen resolutions. So when a user sees the 24x24 icons at 800x900, it is quite different from a user seeing the same icons at 1920x1080. Well i think if we want to stick with the purple, we try to make it clearer, similar to ( http://www.jeffs-icons.com/System_Icons.html ) and the ones in ms office or ms snipping tool. Alternatively we could possibly go the save arrow on a folder approach like ( http://www.ulpanor.com/eton/include/images/download_icon.png ) and ( http://edwardevers.com/javascript/html5/common/images/save_icon.png ). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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