Re: gnome-devel.png

[Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>]

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 13:20, Francis Whittle wrote:
> I agree with you on the hammer metaphor (Besides, that's the wrong sort 
> of hammer).

Wrong? why? I mean: it's like the hammer used for nails, don't a stone
breaker's hammer. 

Yeah, it's a little Super Deformed like Gundam toys...

> The 'triangle tool', btw is a trowel - Used by bricklayers and masons 
> alike for spreading mortar on bricks (and, incidentally, gardeners - 
> but totally the wrong way and a slightly different tool that's really a 
> spade).  I thought this was a good metaphor and fit the bill nicely but 
> clearly there's a problem if even its symbol is unclear.
> 

The trowel is a 'more building' tool, but I think it's a mess in a top
vier, something like:

   ^
  / \
 /   \
/__N__\
   M
   M

But I'll try to GIMPing it.

> I don't think a lego brick is a good idea (We don't want a patented 
> object on out gnome desktops now do we?)
> 

;-) Besides the old lovely squared brick should be dead. 

> Possibly a half-built house? (That may require too much detail...)
> 

Mess this Bless! 

Any idea from Macs?


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Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>