Calligra Icons
'Ello Calligra devs; This is Ken Vermette from the VDG. We're working to better round out application icons for the upcoming 5.4 release, and we've produced two sets of icons for Calligra applications. One set is "libre-like" in being colour-coded. The next set is a more traditional set of icons with a uniquely drawn image for each application. Here's some links to the two versions as they are now; https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/xgusKHJAjt5OIyW https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/QKBBJJxskII2J4i (Icons in order are Karbon, Flow, Author, Braindump, Sheets, Plan, Plan(work), Words, Kexi, and Stage for both images) We'd like to get your feedback for which version is preferred, and any feedback for the preferred version or specific icons. We currently have the more traditional set in master, though we can easily switch. If opinions are split the VDG seems to be leaning towards the traditional set. The artwork freeze is the 6th, so if I could have any feedback before the end of the month it would be greatly appreciated so I can make changes and ensure the repos are updated. I can also outright replace some icons if you tell me what is needed in the next few days. I apologise for the hasty timeline. :/ Thank you, great work on Calligra! - Ken ___ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
Re: Calligra Icons
I would prefer the first set for application icons, the second for document icons Boudewijn On Mon, 27 Jul 2015, Ken Vermette wrote: 'Ello Calligra devs; This is Ken Vermette from the VDG. We're working to better round out application icons for the upcoming 5.4 release, and we've produced two sets of icons for Calligra applications. One set is "libre-like" in being colour-coded. The next set is a more traditional set of icons with a uniquely drawn image for each application. Here's some links to the two versions as they are now; https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/xgusKHJAjt5OIyW https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/QKBBJJxskII2J4i (Icons in order are Karbon, Flow, Author, Braindump, Sheets, Plan, Plan(work), Words, Kexi, and Stage for both images) We'd like to get your feedback for which version is preferred, and any feedback for the preferred version or specific icons. We currently have the more traditional set in master, though we can easily switch. If opinions are split the VDG seems to be leaning towards the traditional set. The artwork freeze is the 6th, so if I could have any feedback before the end of the month it would be greatly appreciated so I can make changes and ensure the repos are updated. I can also outright replace some icons if you tell me what is needed in the next few days. I apologise for the hasty timeline. :/ Thank you, great work on Calligra! - Ken ___ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
Re: Calligra Icons
On Monday 27 July 2015 00:51:55 Ken Vermette wrote: > 'Ello Calligra devs; > > This is Ken Vermette from the VDG. > > We're working to better round out application icons for the upcoming 5.4 > release, and we've produced two sets of icons for Calligra applications. > One set is "libre-like" in being colour-coded. The next set is a more > traditional set of icons with a uniquely drawn image for each application. > Here's some links to the two versions as they are now; > > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/xgusKHJAjt5OIyW > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/QKBBJJxskII2J4i > > (Icons in order are Karbon, Flow, Author, Braindump, Sheets, Plan, > Plan(work), Words, Kexi, and Stage for both images) > > We'd like to get your feedback for which version is preferred, and any > feedback for the preferred version or specific icons. We currently have the > more traditional set in master, though we can easily switch. If opinions > are split the VDG seems to be leaning towards the traditional set. > > The artwork freeze is the 6th, so if I could have any feedback before the > end of the month it would be greatly appreciated so I can make changes and > ensure the repos are updated. I can also outright replace some icons if you > tell me what is needed in the next few days. I apologise for the hasty > timeline. :/ > > Thank you, great work on Calligra! > - Ken I'd prefer to not change our application icons at all - I'm sorry but I find you new ones very anonymous and I would prefer if we keep our current ones ___ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
Re: Calligra Icons
On Monday July 27 2015 10:14:20 C. Boemann wrote: >I'd prefer to not change our application icons at all - I'm sorry but I find >you new ones very anonymous and I would prefer if we keep our current ones Amen to that! In fact, I'd add that those proposed icons are useless in a GUI environment where they are supposed to "be" the object the user interacts with to launch an application or open a document of a certain type. IMVHO they're too abstract, crucial details will get lost when rendered at a representative screen size and colour contrast is badly chosen. I haven't checked, but I think more than a few esp. from the 2nd set will look much too similar for daltonians and people with other colour sight issues. R. ___ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
Jenkins-kde-ci: calligra calligra-2.9 stable-qt4 » Linux,NoOpenGL,gcc - Build # 64 - Fixed!
GENERAL INFO BUILD SUCCESS Build URL: https://build.kde.org/job/calligra%20calligra-2.9%20stable-qt4/PLATFORM=Linux,Variation=NoOpenGL,compiler=gcc/64/ Project: PLATFORM=Linux,Variation=NoOpenGL,compiler=gcc Date of build: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:10:12 + Build duration: 19 min CHANGE SET Revision f025ff234f677cd8395e942ebd30605a6bba975a by boud: (Fix an issue with mimetype detection) change: edit krita/ui/KisDocument.cpp JUNIT RESULTS Name: (root) Failed: 0 test(s), Passed: 1 test(s), Skipped: 0 test(s), Total: 1 test(s) COBERTURA RESULTS Cobertura Coverage Report By packages ___ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
Re: Calligra Icons
Hi Ken, Awesome. I see you put a lot of effort into that. I am commenting on Kexi icon only. It's (by accident?) the most simplified of the icons, and I love this fact. Can we have a VDG forum thread? PS: A follow up would be one thing, a pro artist made a Kexi logo (not an icon) for me based on about 1 year long process. I'd like you to see if the VDG wizards would like to comment and maybe refine it. It's not public until I'll ask. The icon can become visually related to the logo or not. It almost is in terms of colour palette at least. On 27 July 2015 at 06:51, Ken Vermette wrote: > 'Ello Calligra devs; > > This is Ken Vermette from the VDG. > > We're working to better round out application icons for the upcoming 5.4 > release, and we've produced two sets of icons for Calligra applications. One > set is "libre-like" in being colour-coded. The next set is a more > traditional set of icons with a uniquely drawn image for each application. > Here's some links to the two versions as they are now; > > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/xgusKHJAjt5OIyW > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/QKBBJJxskII2J4i > > (Icons in order are Karbon, Flow, Author, Braindump, Sheets, Plan, > Plan(work), Words, Kexi, and Stage for both images) > > We'd like to get your feedback for which version is preferred, and any > feedback for the preferred version or specific icons. We currently have the > more traditional set in master, though we can easily switch. If opinions are > split the VDG seems to be leaning towards the traditional set. > > The artwork freeze is the 6th, so if I could have any feedback before the > end of the month it would be greatly appreciated so I can make changes and > ensure the repos are updated. I can also outright replace some icons if you > tell me what is needed in the next few days. I apologise for the hasty > timeline. :/ > > Thank you, great work on Calligra! > - Ken > > ___ > calligra-devel mailing list > calligra-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel > -- regards, Jaroslaw Staniek KDE: : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org Calligra Suite: : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org Kexi: : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi Qt Certified Specialist: : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek ___ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
Re: Calligra Icons
(This reply also covers other responses; but for some reason I haven't received the rest of the emails properly. Also, sorry for the double-message Boudewijn. I fail at mailing lists. :/) By the sounds of it, the first (more traditional) icons are preferred, basically for the same reasons I dumped the second set. So, if I may rail the conversation onto these icons: https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/xgusKHJAjt5OIyW (Mainly because it's hard to tell which critique is targeted at which set right now; so I'll work under the assumption that the colour-coded set is being discarded) @Jaroslaw Staniek; I'll post a thread in the forums for icon feedback. The forum can sometimes move a bit slower than rapid iteration, but I'll try to get forum feedback in before the freeze. The Kexi icon was actually the icon with the most iterations! ;) Originally I kept almost exactly on the original design, but the Breeze icon set isn't meant to have 3D effects, so ultimately I made several abstractions until I settled with the 'head on' icon. I think I re-did that Icon ~4 times. If you want to email me that professional logo I can certainly put it in the private VDG chat to see what the wizards have for it. @C. Boemann; This doesn't need to be about changing the icons in your applications, this is simply the potential rollout for the Breeze style. That being said if we could work towards a set which you folks would be proud to fly in your applications - all the better - but Breeze is aiming to ship with a style appropriate for the desktop as a whole. We'd really like your feedback on the icons even you don't seem them suitable for official use, so you can be as happy as possible with your representation in the Breeze icon set. @René J.V. Bertin; for the Flow icon I can alternate between light and dark to help the visually impaired better see the arrows, make the "shaded" parts of the Kexi logo darker, and make the Words pen a bit clearer. On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Ken Vermette wrote: > 'Ello Calligra devs; > > This is Ken Vermette from the VDG. > > We're working to better round out application icons for the upcoming 5.4 > release, and we've produced two sets of icons for Calligra applications. > One set is "libre-like" in being colour-coded. The next set is a more > traditional set of icons with a uniquely drawn image for each application. > Here's some links to the two versions as they are now; > > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/xgusKHJAjt5OIyW > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/QKBBJJxskII2J4i > > (Icons in order are Karbon, Flow, Author, Braindump, Sheets, Plan, > Plan(work), Words, Kexi, and Stage for both images) > > We'd like to get your feedback for which version is preferred, and any > feedback for the preferred version or specific icons. We currently have the > more traditional set in master, though we can easily switch. If opinions > are split the VDG seems to be leaning towards the traditional set. > > The artwork freeze is the 6th, so if I could have any feedback before the > end of the month it would be greatly appreciated so I can make changes and > ensure the repos are updated. I can also outright replace some icons if you > tell me what is needed in the next few days. I apologise for the hasty > timeline. :/ > > Thank you, great work on Calligra! > - Ken > ___ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
