Re: status on improving the icon theme -- new and changed icons

[Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>]

On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 13:42, Bill Haneman wrote:
> Luca:
> 
> Your attachment didn't make it.  Could you send it to me if it's still
> relevant?  Thanks
> 

Whooops. Sorry I was sure to reply. I'm working on it now, so I prefer
to send something later.

Generally in my mind there are not so much differences with current
stuff (shapes, appearance and concepts, I mean) in head, just use the
"scissor and square" icon for Other category and something with a pencil
inside (plus a calculator?) for Accessories (note that we have
calculator and and text editor in Accessories).

Oh, and use the same icon for Desktop Preferences in both application://
and start-here:// (IMHO is better remove it from application://)

> - Bill
> 
> ...
> > Take a look to attached screenshot, but it's just a preview. IMHO there
> > are not so much changes by now in applications://, just we are preparing
> > some 32x32 icons and crossing fingers hoping to switch application menu
> > to this size and using different icons for Accessories, Other and Office
> > categories.
> > 
> > As you can see in shot there is a little trouble with Other entry, I
> > like to use a gnome-other-apps.png icon, something like a box with some
> > stuff inside.
> > 
> > Well, there is another trouble too, all icons use a different
> > prospective, but we are in hard development :-)
> > 
> > 
> > Oh, by now the big change is use something like gtk_stok_exit in logout
> > entry, probably this should be fixed in a11y themes, but we have already
> > the B&W icon.
> > 
> > 
> > >  PLEASE
> > > include high-contrast versions of the modified icons for use in our high
> > > contrast themes.
> > > 
> > 
> > But, please, don't emblems too!!! It'a a mess!!!
> > 
> > 
> > > Low-contrast and 'large print' versions can be created programmatically
> > > from the standard icon.  Likewise we use two versions of the
> > > HighContrast icons which are just inversions of one another, i.e. black
> > > and white reversed, so a single piece of source artwork could be used.
> > > 
> > > HighContrast icon conventions:
> > > 
> > > * one size, 48x48 (we currently resample down for smaller sizes)
> > > * no thin lines, i.e. no features less than 3 pixels
> > > * contrasting border (3 pixels?) so that the 
> > > icon is clearly visible against both light and dark (including
> > > black/white) backgrounds.
> > > 
> > > thanks very much,
> > > 
> > > Bill
> > > 
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> > Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>
> > 
> 
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