Re: Icons in LC dialog (and elsewhere)

1999-10-25 Thread Olof S Kylander

Hello 

Well "feature" freeze is a wide term. Currently only Gimp (app and lib) is
in feature freeze (If I haven't missed a mail). 

Functions such as IS, Bezier, Airbrush, brush scaling, context etc.. is
not finished. For me a feature freeze is when you stop add new
functionality. It's not when you change how a tool work (e.g moving Simons
curve tools to IS). It is not when you make the brush scaling work etc.
Neither can feature freeze stop you from e.g cleaning up the menu
paths for e.g plugins.

Changing icons is not (in my view) a new feature (adding a new tool is).

Cheers Olof   

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Olof Kylander  Frozenriver Digital Design   http://www.frozenriver.nu

Consultant at Sigma nBiT

Technical writer and coauthor of GUM (the Gimp User Manual)




On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Carey Bunks wrote:

 
 
 Sven Hi, would somebody cry and whine if I check this in:
 
 Sven http://sven.gimp.org/files/lc_new_icons.png
 
 Sven IMHO a little facelift can't hurt and the anchor does fit
 Sven better with the Gnome icons. =
 
 I don't object to changing the icons but I'm against it for the 1.2
 release.  I think that since the GIMP is in feature freeze the only
 changes should be to eliminate bugs.  This is an important point for
 folks who are working on documentation, i.e., those working on GIMP
 books.  
 
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Re: Icons in LC dialog (and elsewhere)

1999-10-25 Thread Tuomas Kuosmanen

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Carey Bunks wrote:

 
 
 Sven Hi, would somebody cry and whine if I check this in:
 
 Sven http://sven.gimp.org/files/lc_new_icons.png
 
 Sven IMHO a little facelift can't hurt and the anchor does fit
 Sven better with the Gnome icons. =
 
 I don't object to changing the icons but I'm against it for the 1.2
 release.  I think that since the GIMP is in feature freeze the only
 changes should be to eliminate bugs.  This is an important point for
 folks who are working on documentation, i.e., those working on GIMP
 books.  

Oops :)

I committed some new icons to stylize the LC dialog, but whatever I do, I
will not be changing any metaphors or concepts in the icons so
documentation is still relevant. IMHO Gimp is anyway a moving target, and
I am just doing minor cleanup work on the icons so you dont need to worry.

I am also thinking of putting the Balloon splash screen, maybe with some
modifications, into 1.2 when it will be released. 


[ OTHER STUFF ]

Speaking of minor stuff, maybe someone could re-arrange the layer mode
menus? Either sort it alphabetically with "Normal" on top and separated
from the rest? Or we could even group different modes together with
separators? Something like this:

. -- -
Mode:   | Normal 
+-- -
| Behind 
| Dissolve 
+--- 
| Multiply (Burn)
| Divide (Dodge)
| Screen 
| Overlay
| Difference  
+---
| Addition   
| Subtract
| Lighten Only  - do these differ from the above ones
| Darken Only   - (addition  subtract) ?
| Value
+---
| Hue
| Saturation
| Color
`-- -- -  

Or if someone comes up with a better order, no problem. The idea is the
separators there. Do you think they would be useful?


Tuomas


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