In my opinion we need the icons to have a border, in order to make them visible on lots of backgrounds. I think everyone knows this effect from his/her mouse pointer, but I've seen lots of icons treating this simple "rule"...
Anybody another opinion? Sorry for my bad explanation. I'm very tired;-) stein Am Dienstag, den 29.01.2008, 23:08 +0100 schrieb Kenneth Wimer: > On Tuesday 29 January 2008 21:33:57 Sebastian Billaudelle wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > I was playing arround a little bit, too: > > I used the pallet from Union to get these icons (Like the one of Ken: > > only a demonstation). > > If anyone wants the sources, please contact me... > > My problem with these examples is that they would only look good on a limited > amount of background colors. Not that I think that we need something to work > on *every* background but it should be as flexible as possible within reason. > I do like the idea of using rounded objects and a simple line though. > > Needs some work, perhaps someone can come up with something? > -- > Ken > > > > > cheers > > > > Am Dienstag, den 29.01.2008, 21:28 +0100 schrieb Kenneth Wimer: > > > On Tuesday 29 January 2008 21:09:52 Dylan McCall wrote: > > > > One quick concern from me: I see that the Update icon in this is going > > > > back to the jagged orange splotch. I have yet to see how this > > > > represents updating in any way, as it looks more like a bug report. The > > > > icon that is currently in the Hardy alphas (with the downward-pointing > > > > arrow) is quite a bit more informative. > > > > > > i agree, the little fleck of color was just to show how one could use > > > color to denote there is some action to be taken (or currently being > > > taken). Pretty much all of the ideas show there still need lots of work, > > > I was just trying to get a feel for the general idea, not suggesting > > > final icons. > > > > > > > As for which one I like, I prefer the not etched, simple 2d look. One > > > > reason is just personal taste, the other reason is because panel icons > > > > are usually like that. For example, if I go and download the latest > > > > Pidgin that is built without Ubuntu in mind, I'll have the standard > > > > colourful Pidgin icon. Alongside the etched icons it looks really > > > > weird. With the flat 2d icons, it blends reasonably well. (Still not > > > > perfectly, but better). I like that you use less colour for icons that > > > > do not need urgent attention (that should "just work") like the volume > > > > control and network info. That way, colour can be used for things to > > > > stand out, and the colourful icons that other apps bring with them will > > > > be less of a concern since they still fit fairly naturally with the > > > > "official" design. > > > > Ideally we shouldn't have to worry about this since applications like > > > > Pidgin and Liferea should really not be putting themselves in the > > > > notification area all the time, but it doesn't look like that will be > > > > fixed very quickly. > > > > > > I expected more people to like the 2d versions compared to the etched > > > versions, basically for the same reasons you just mentioned. > > > > > > -- > > > Ken >
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