On Wednesday 17 February 2010 05:04:46 pm Merk wrote: > MAC USERS may expect that exact icon, not Windows users. Since we can't > satisfy both exactly, we should satisfy both roughly. > > By that I mean the 'visual metaphor' should be "Blue W for Word", "Green X > for Excel", etc. Not "Stylized and gel-like font in perspective only > present in the Mac version of Office" > > Kenneth Wimer-5 wrote: > > On Wednesday 17 February 2010 07:38:23 am Merk wrote: > >> I'm not asking why the OS X was directly copied instead of either > >> Windows one. I'm asking why any existing Word icon was copied at all. > > > > It is a mimetype and as such needs to visually represent a certain type > > of file. It goes without saying that when everyone associates a certain > > look/letter/number with something they don't search for other visual > > metaphors. People expect certain things to look certain ways ;)
Right, put that way, I see your point ;) I'm just against changing something most people recognize just to be different. Ideally, we'd be able to ship our mimetype sheet with an original logo but alas, that ain't gonna happen. -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art