Yes, the LibreOffice icons are different. The overall theme is green, not blue. The general symbol is a page with a large corner cut and a dark corner exposed beneath.
The lines and the dark corner are different colors for the different applications within LibreOffice. For larger versions of the icons the interior of the page symbol is representative of what the application is for: <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/LibreOffice_Initial_Icons#Present_State_of_the_Icon_Design>. Note that the blue color for the LibreOffice Writer icon is not the same as the OpenOffice.org blue color. - Dennis By the way, the LibreOffice (TDF) Trademark Policy is here: < http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TradeMark_Policy> -----Original Message----- From: Dave Fisher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 17:58 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Suggestion for OOo branding... One key question is whether the ODF icons belong with OpenOffice.org.[1][2] or with the ODF Toolkit [3][4] The icon repository is here.[5] In the OOo wiki there is a page with links to Icon guides for several platforms along with some of the considerations for the unified versions.[6] If you look you will notice that the blue color on the ODF icons matches the color in the OpenOffice.org logo. Did LibreOffice change their ODF document icons? Regards, Dave [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MimeType_Icons#The_unified_ODF_MimeType_Icons_for_OpenOffice.org_3.2.1 [2] http://ui.openoffice.org/VisualDesign/ODF_icons4print.html [3] http://odftoolkit.org/projects/odftoolkit/pages/ODF-Icons [4] http://odftoolkit.org/projects/odftoolkit/pages/ODF-Icons-HighContrast [5] http://odftoolkit.org/projects/operations/sources/repository/show/odficons2?rev=3 [6] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ODF_Icons_-_Icon_Style_Guides On Jul 21, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Andrew Rist wrote: > I think the best way of handling these types of changes is to create > alternate 'themes', and later determine which theme is the default, and which > will ship with the product. I'm not sure how this works with the current > layout of source control, but it should not be a major problem. > > Through the use of alternate themes, we can embrace the evolution of the look > and feel of the product, without having to pick and choose favorites on the > front end. I happen to like the current icon set, as it is less colorful, > it is also more 'professional' looking. At the same time, I have to > acknowledge that I do like what the LO folks have done with the L&F, which is > going in an entirely different direction. > > We need to be able to simultaneously develop alternatives on the design front. > > Andrew > > > On 7/21/2011 4:00 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: >> Am 07/21/2011 11:35 PM, schrieb Michael Acevedo: >>> 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 codingto 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. >> >> I don't like the idea to change the color of the icon part with the term >> "ODF". ODF is nowadays also a kind of an own brand, so we should keep using >> it the unified color blue. IMHO also others are using this with only one >> color, so we shouldn't change it. >> >> But, of course, a clear +1 to bring back color in general to the document >> icons. >> >> So, my suggestion is to color the now used icons or to bring back the old >> ones that were used before the monochrome icons. >> >> Marcus
