Keep the same (or similar) colors as in existed icons: that will help for easier visual recognising icons by the purpose.
Wlada 2013/10/10 Samer Mansour <[email protected]> > I'm working on one more idea where I don't use a background. > Using a background circle or square requires you to have padding inside > before you can draw in it. > > It was a eureka moment "these icons at 16x16 and 32x32 would look a lot > bigger and crisper if I didn't have them inside a circle or square" > When I have my last idea posted you will understand. > > As for the about dialog box, I think that is low priority, as it is a big > improvement from 3.x. > We have some other areas where we can make a bigger impact visually. > If there is another area of the application that you feel needs a refresh > let us know, ie font dialog, . > > Samer > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Armin Le Grand <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > On 10.10.2013 09:00, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On 10.10.2013 05:01, Samer Mansour wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I'm proposing to have the icons (and related assets) updated for AOO > 4.1 > >>> release. I would like to take the responsibility to see this gets done. > >>> > >>> Here is the icons that need to be updated: > >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/** > >>> AOO4.1+-+Desktop+Icons< > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4.1+-+Desktop+Icons > > > >>> > >>> Related asset: > >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/** > >>> AOO4.1+-+Application+And+**Launcher< > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4.1+-+Application+And+Launcher > > > >>> > >>> > >> +1 for my side for the proposal. > >> > >> > >> You can see two examples of ideas on the first link. You can also > suggest > >>> your own ideas verbally by commenting on the wiki page or visually by > >>> attaching it to the wiki. (Please don't reply ideas in this mailing > list, > >>> let us know if you have trouble) > >>> > >>> > >> I like 'AOO Desktop Icon Exploration 2 (Round)', but not the circles. > >> Instead I would prefer rounded rectangles. > >> > > > > +1 > > > > I always proposed rounded rectangles (better: squares) AKA AppIcons - > like > > ;-) > > > > > > > >> Best regards, Oliver. > >> > >> I am putting a deadline for the idea submission and discussion in 30 > >>> days, > >>> November 9th, 2013. > >>> Once we reach the deadline, we will have a separate discussion for > >>> optimizing for the best user experience. > >>> > >>> This is not a contest or a call for public proposals. This is regular, > >>> needs to be done, no-bikeshedding-please work. When the deadline Nov > 9th > >>> arrives, if there is more than one viable solution, we will try to > reach > >>> consensus without a end user vote. > >>> eg. We will not be doing what we did with the logo, that was a special > >>> case > >>> because it is the face of AOO. > >>> > >>> Samer Mansour > >>> > >>> > >> > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org< > [email protected]> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org< > [email protected]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >
