[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: LibreOffice Icon

2012-11-01 Thread Kingswells Computercraft
No I've never read the source code, wouldn't know how to! I'm not a programmer, merely one of many thousands of end users, who happens to be in the business of PC support. Does that mean I'm excluded from the club? How would you describe the logo of National Geographic? A bright yellow

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: LibreOffice Icon

2012-11-01 Thread Christian Lohmaier
HI *, On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Kingswells Computercraft supp...@kingswellscomputercraft.co.uk wrote: It is the main LO icon I'm talking about; it's not so much what's wrong with it, so much as what it lacks - as I stated in my original message: I don't think it is our main Logo that

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: LibreOffice Icon

2012-11-01 Thread Tor Lillqvist
No I've never read the source code, [...] Does that mean I'm excluded from the club? No, but it means you shouldn't assume it is all beauty and elegance inside. A bright yellow rectangle, bordering a graphic of whatever is the current content would be my description. So on the

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: LibreOffice Icon

2012-11-01 Thread Tor Lillqvist
it is almost as if the wrapper for the product were blank! [...] National Geographic, [...] How would you describe the logo of National Geographic? I think an empty rectangle, devoid of contents comes pretty close. And they seem to be doing fine, and their empty rectangle is instantly

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Icon

2012-11-01 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
Kingswells: Yes, the main icon for LibreOffice is a blank paper looking icon. But, the icons for Writer and Calc look somewhat like what they are used for. Yes, it is nice to have a standout icon like Firefox and Thunderbird, but those images are of a fox and a bird that are a sort of

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Icon

2012-11-01 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
First, on the idea of the icons being used for many different sizes, look at the PDF and Writer icons in the NA-DVD documentation page. Although the Writer icon is not as clear as the PDF one, you still can see it is the same icon used for Writer on your desktop [if you add a desktop icon

Re: off-list :D Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Icon

2012-11-01 Thread Kingswells Computercraft
Thanks Tom, thanks for listening. I was beginning to feel like no-one was listening, or wanted to even consider what I was talking about. Not a pleasant experience in my first attempt to contribute. Thanks too, Christian, you seem to get what I mean. On some of the links I followed from