Re: Epihpany icon improvement

[Francis Whittle <fudje phreaker net>]

There are in fact other ways to do that (As in, using something other 
than a mouse pointer).

Clearly a pointing hand is out of the question.

Some examples:
- There could be a cog around the globe (possibly a bad idea due to 
KDE/Konqueror; Then again we do want a certain [fairly high, IIRC] 
degree of KDE<->GNOME similarity right?)
- The globe could have a cartoonish "gleam"
- There could be a miniscule document (Or GNOME foot [attached mockup]) 
whizzing around the globe.

Even something as simple as a slightly thicker and different coloured 
border could do this.

:-)

On 2003.06.26 05:50, Alex Combas wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 10:21, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 19:35, Alex Combas wrote:
> > > 1. XFree allows users to change the mouse pointer and so the mouse
> > > pointer which is part of the icon might not match the actual users
> icon.
> > > 2. If the icon matches the mouse pointer we have the problem that
> it
> > > looks like there are two mouse pointers on the screen.
> >
> > I just wonder if this is *really* that big of a problem. Only one of
> > those mouse pointers move when your mouse moves, so it's pretty
> clear
> > the other is not the real one but part of the icon.
> >
>
> I didnt say it was that *big* of a problem. ;)
>
> It really boils down to a two part question; will an icon with a mouse
> pointer do a better job than one without a mouse pointer; do we mind
> having a picture of a mouse pointer on an icon.
>
> I kind of think the Web Browser icon and the Internet icon are two of
> the important ones, so a little extra thought to "get it right" is
> probably worth the effort.
>
> ..but personally speaking Im so borderline on this topic right now
> that
> I dont want to say which I would prefer because I'll probably change
> my
> mind tomorrow =)
>
> ~Alex
>
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