On 28 February 2017 at 11:47, Mathieu Pellerin <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim, > > There's an extra bonus to monochrome + highlight color icon set: it is much, > much easier for people and groups (such as Gandesh) to customize icons to > their needs. Ie, if a group wants to create an "accent colour" icon set, > it'll be much easier to do so using a monochrome set to begin with.
Actually that's a good point... if the icon theme is monochrome + 1 configurable accent, it could be possible to have a "color grouped" option (enabled by a plugin... because UI options are the enemy) Nyall > > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Nyall Dawson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On 28 February 2017 at 06:29, Tim Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi >> > >> > I would also like to see a nice cohesive theme designed. I have seen in >> > the past that you referenced LibreOffice as an example we could follow. >> > IMHO >> > their theme is really bad - from both as aesthetic point of view and from a >> > functional point of view: >> > >> > >> > https://www.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Discover/LO52-Screenshots/lo52-writer-02.png >> > >> >> Oh - I'm not a huge fan of libreoffice's either! >> >> Both Mathieu and I very much like the direction of this icon style: >> https://www.creativefreedom.co.uk/icon-design-portfolio/application-icons/ >> >> There's a single highlight color used to disambiguate similar icons, >> plus a red color used to highlight dangerous actions. I'd say this is >> a good compromise - we still need to be able to easily differentiate >> between "add ring" and "add part", but this highlight color could be >> configurable to work with different themes (eg night mapping). >> >> >> > The icons are overladen with many small details and too many discordant >> > colours. When I was in Singapore a year or two back, I met up with Ganesh >> > Shanmugam, a local QGIS service provider there. Ganesh had built a >> > customised version of QGIS for use in schools and showed it off to me. One >> > thing I really like is the way they used the same accent colour per >> > toolbar. >> > For example all File icons would get e.g. a red accent, all layer green, >> > and >> > so on. It makes it really easy to: >> > >> > a) find a toolbar even when on a strange computer where things are >> > arranged differently and >> > b) give someone instructions : "click on the third icon from the left in >> > the red tinted toolbar" >> > >> > In Gandesh's implementation, they actually coloured the toolbar >> > background, but I think it would also be nice if we rather used the accent >> > colour (so two-tone instead of monochrome) in the icons. Ganesh maybe you >> > could share a link to a screenie? >> > >> > Anyway just my 2c to the debate. >> >> Interesting idea! My immediate thoughts are that this could detract >> from the goal of "toning down" the interface, so it'd need to be done >> very subtly. But it's worth exploring! >> >> Nyall >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
