https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403833
--- Comment #4 from Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kosse...@kde.org> --- (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > There's definitely value to having a monochrome icon in the panel, but I > think the colorful icons look much better in the fullrepresentation. > Generally we only use the monochrome style for 16px and 22px icon sizes, and > for anything larger we try to use colorful icons. I'd want to make sure that > the colorful versions stick around and continue to be displayed in the > applet itself. For some time I would have rather said the same, but ever since I took over maintenance of the weather applet, the colorful icons have always felt somehow a bit strange to me. So I had looked out how other places are doing status symbols for weather observation/forecast (e.g. on TV, websites, print) and it seems to me the majority tends to use color-reduced and shape-emphasized symbols everywhere. Possibly not only to help color-blind people. And by the time I felt that I actually prefer those presentations with such symbols, they seem easier to "parse"/"understand" somehow, also look more clear. Especially with forecasts where all kind of states result in a very colorful icon row. Also compare this overview of non-plasma weather apps which just popped up, see in the screenshots how they also favour mono-chrome symbols in the used icon sets: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/02/weather-apps-for-ubuntu-linux Next, looking at the current set of status icons in the Breeze theme, the weather status icons look on the odd side to me, being more abstract paintings than abstract symbols/pictograms in general like the rest of the status icons. So when it comes to me, I would rather favour something more abstract in the full representation as well. Though something way better than what I got stuck at ;) Just my 2 cents as consumer. With way too many weather applets perhaps (due to maintainer real world test coverage) :P -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
