Re: [Tracker] Tracker logo

["Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>]

2006/11/24, tpgww onepost net <tpgww onepost net>:

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:51:59 +0100
"Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com> wrote:

> 2006/11/23, Radomir Dopieralski < tracker sheep art pl>:
> >
> > Dnia Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:28:32AM +0000, napisale(a)s:
> > > Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> > > > 2006/11/23, tpgww onepost net <mailto:tpgww onepost net>
> > > > <tpgww onepost net <mailto: tpgww onepost net>>:
> > > >     9. A while back there was some chatter about a replacement icon.
> > Has
> > > >     anything been done ? If not, maybe the attached will start that
> > ball
> > > >     rolling.
> > > > By coincidence I was playing around with an icon myself... The
> > attached
> > > > version is still rough around the edges and need some more polish. If
> > > > people like it I'll polish it up and do some versions in different
> > colors.
> > > >
> > > > It is supposed to look like and abstract looking glass and flashlight
> > at
> > > > the same time... I hope it is relatively easy to see...
> > > >
> > > > Anyhow; what do you think?
> > >
> > > we should have a magnifying glass but not sure about flash light. At the
> > > moment it looks like some kind of klingon symbol :) (hehe no offense!)
> > >
> > > Using the tango magnifying glass might be a start (IE the one we are
> > > using in tracker and its webpage with a simple "T" in it). Im sure that
> > > can be sexed up a lot more
> >
> > The obvious one:
> > http://sheep.art.pl/misc/desktop-search.svg
> >
>
> Well, for a menu entry I definitely think the tango looking glass should be
> used.
Why do you favour a fundamentally different icon to use in menus ?

> However as a project icon I think it is worn out.
Arguably that also applies to menu/button images too, unless it can be sufficiently distinguished from the standard form applied to other "find" activities. Without wanting to get too micro-focused about this (no pun intended), the standard tango magnifying glass obscures too much detail of what's behind, making it more difficult to use in a different way. (You need to increase the transparency of its "lense" and related highlight, and depending on context, change the size of the magnifying glass.)

I actually don't think that the tracker search tool (otherwise known as the t-s-t) should stand out as Tracker-branded in the menu. What does the user care anyway? Beagle doesn't brand the menu entry either.

Anyways, people tend to be of various religions in this area and I shall not rant further; I will endorse what ever we end up with :-)

Cheers,
Mikkel