RE: Thoughts & suggestions

["Andrew Post" <apost cbmi upmc edu>]

The only problem with the GNOME icon set is that the GMC ones don't display
well at small sizes. They're just too subtle. I guess that's the reason why
gmc doesn't display icons in brief or detailed views.

Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerry Chu [mailto:gerrychu@bigfoot.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 6:48 PM
> To: GNOME-List
> Subject: RE: Thoughts & suggestions
>
>
>
> > (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
>
>
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