those are just great, my vote goes to those.

On Jan 29, 2008 2:33 PM, Sebastian Billaudelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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...
>
> 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
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-art mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
>
>


-- 
Andrés Blanco Morales
-- 
ubuntu-art mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Reply via email to