On 18.07.2010 14:39, John Kane wrote: > > > --- On Sat, 7/17/10, Richard Heck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Richard Heck <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Losing Lydia: A Simpler LyX Icon? >> To: "Bruce Pourciau" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "LyXFolks" <[email protected]> >> Received: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 10:07 AM >> On 07/17/2010 09:43 AM, Bruce >> Pourciau wrote: >>> Looking at the icons in the dock of my Mac, it's hard >> not to notice that the LyX icon -- with Lydia sitting on top >> of the letters LyX -- being relatively complicated, is less >> readily identifiable and less "graphic" than other icons. >> Most icons are simpler, and more successful IMHO because of >> that simplicity. Now I'm really fond of Lydia, and I >> wouldn't want her to snap at me if she were to get dumped, >> but what would LyX folks think about just using the letters >> LyX alone (just the letters, no background even)? It would >> be simple, graphically strong, but also unusuIal, since few >> icons are the same as the name of the application. Just a >> thought. >>> >> There is an older LyX icon that seems to turn up here for >> some reason and that just has the letters, more or less. >> >> rh >> > Is this a Mac thing? In XP I just get a slightly garish, multi-coloured LyX > layout that is very easy to find. I had to go to the LyX website to see who > Lydia is. >
Same thing here on my gentoo linux box: the icon in the panel is just the one appearing in the upper left corner od the www.lyx.org homepage ;-) Very nice, highly suggestive and easy to identify Cheers Hellmut -- Dr. Hellmut Weber [email protected] Degenfeldstraße 2 tel +49-89-3081172 D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321 please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq
