Greetings to all developers of OpenOffice.org in Apache,
I am writing to you to make a suggestion for the branding of OpenOffice.org.
After Oracle bought Sun they decided to simplify document icons by changing the
color coding to a unified blue color. This was a departure for the previous
color coding for OOo.
Pre-OOo 3.2.1:
* Blue Doc Icon - Writer
* Green Doc Icon - Calc
* Orange Doc Icon - Impress
* Yellow Doc Icon - Draw
* Violet Doc Icon - Base
* Blue/Gray Doc Icon - Math
Post-OOo 3.2.1
* Blue ODF icons now represent all applications only the icon shape
varies.
In my opinion although the unified version of OOo icons is nice, I think that
some users might confuse the icons if they look at a minimized version of them
if using the "List" view in Windows Explorer of Mac OS X Finder.
In an effort to reduce user confusion, I would like to forward the following
suggestion. Rather than redesigning the document icons, why not change the
background color of the box that says "ODF" from blue to the previous color
that were used for each document icons that were created by the different OOo
modules. I have taken the liberty to do a rendering of the finished product for
your consideration.
Thanks to all developers for your time, and keep up the good work in OOo.
Sincerely,
Michael Acevedo
