RE: Thoughts & suggestions

["Gerry Chu" <gerrychu bigfoot com>]

> (6) I've been comparing KDE icons and Gnome icons recently. I don't
> mean to complain or start flames, but it seemed the KDE icons tended
> to look prettier. This is NOT because the Gnome icons are just ugly,
> rather, the KDE icons have two things going for them:
>
> 	(a) They contain a lot of bright, primary colors, that stand
> 	out. Always good. Gnome icons, I've noticed, go for a greater
> 	variety of colors, but have too much of the duller kind.
> 	(b) KDE icons have dark, black, outlines. This makes the icon
> 	more well-defined. Gnome icons have that "shadow" thing, but
> 	need to be outlined everywhere with nice dark lines.

Personally, I always thought that KDE icons, because of the bright, primary
colors, made KDE it look a lot like a children's toy. It's all opinion, but
personally I like GNOME's icons better and appreciate Tigert's excellent
work.

Gerry Chu
gerrychu@bigfoot.com