Re: Epihpany icon improvement

[Francis Whittle <fudje phreaker net>]

Oops, forgot to attach :(

Here it the aforementioned mockup ;-)

On 2003.06.26 15:33, Francis Whittle wrote:
> 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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