On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Matthew Nuzum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Michael Stephenson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/8/4 Matthew Nuzum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> There are a ton of icons. If you just want to make a subtle change you >>> can re-use the icons from another theme, but if you want to make a >>> radical change (like flat icons) then you need to make a bunch. This >>> takes a lot of ambition and a motivated *team* if you want to get it >>> done in a short time. >> >> Personally I think the human-colors icons on gnome look by perfectska04 are >> superior to the ones currently in use for ubuntu, I am sure I have heard >> that >> Canonical hired a professional design company to create those icons. I am >> sure >> that I have heard also that mark wants the current fisher price icons >> because they >> are synonymous with Ubuntu. > > You could be right there - I think have confused in my mind the task > of creating desktop icons and the separate task of creating > notification area icons. It is the notification area icons that should > be flat and there are far fewer. This task may be more manageable than > I said. > >> So isn't the problem with creating community >> icons >> that as soon as they appear on gnome-look they are no longer synonymous with >> the brand and will not be used? > > Well, Ubuntu is open source. There's no reason another distribution > cannot take the Ubuntu icons and use them. (Although the ubuntu logo > is governed by a trademark policy) > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > Ken wants flat notification icons btw.... also Canonical had Iconforge create the human icons. Mark wants new icons, but also wants to retain our identity aka orange/brown.
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