Op 25-aug-2006, om 0:20 heeft Chuck Huber het volgende geschreven: > On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 10:35 +0100, Who wrote: >> > > Note, on Fedora Core 6, the Bluecurve icons are being replaced >> by what I > think is a very nice new set called "Echo" > http:// >> fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/EchoDevelopment > They're really >> great icons - I think they are too glossy in places, but >> definitely a good update to Bluecurve. I think the fact that they >> are more realistic than Human) makes them feel more modern. also, >> more of the icons are drawn on an angle, not just 'flat' on the >> desk, which I think contributes to the feeling that that is a >> modern theme for good, shiny computers!
Echo is a very nice icon set indeed. It also seems to be completely in SVG. Kudos to the Fedora design team for that! I don't really like the folder icon and the fact that the icons face left, though, which seems kind of awkward to me, as it is more natural for anything to face right. > Really? I find echo a bit more cartoonish than Human. Take the > disk drive icons, or CD or printer icons for example. That's not > to say that Human can't be improved by getting more realistic. I > think it can, but the examples below are tough to beat. > <gnome-dev-media-sm.png> > <gnome-dev-memory.png> > <gnome-dev-pcmcia.png> > Those are pretty okay icons in the Human theme set, but they still show some design decisions which I fundamentally disagree with. Such as the memory icon, which is heavily influenced by the fact it doesn't have a clear outline but _does_ have a heavy shadow underneath. Can you tell exactly where the memory stick's green ends and the grey of the shadow begins? It's not possible without inspecting the image at a zoomed-in size. This shadow messes up the contrast between the edge of the icon and the underlying background. A simple design feat that could easily have been avoided with some proper thinking beforehand. Echo avoids this entirely by, like Tango, giving clear outlines (and clear inlines as well), and using a less overwhelming shadow that clearly discerns itself from the rest of the icon. Interestingly, Echo also doesn't use the typical generated shadows, which is also a big plus in my book. Michiel -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
