On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:12 AM, MilesTogoe <miles.togoe@...400...> wrote:
Guillermo Espertino wrote:
I've made some changes and tweaks according to the suggestions that several people made. Here is a screenshot with the latest changes (on the right side):
http://www.ohweb.com.ar/screenshots/Inkscape/Tango-Icons-Colors.png
I'm not sure about the dark strokes. They have a lighter outline for dark themes, but that makes them look blurred. Removing the outlines and keeping the dark color will make them useless for dark themes, so there's no way out: It's white with a grey outline like the original Tango set, or the middle gray with dark strokes (a.k.a. Bulia's spaghettis :-)
What do you think?
I don't see the reason for this whole tango "push". What is so special / magical about "tango".
I don't give a flying flip about Tango. I just think some of the current icons look sad. Like the circle with it's alias-y border. Or the cryptic tsunami icon. And now it's clear thanks to the recent screenshot from Guillermo that the current icons also perform poorly on dark backgrounds.
So I see this just as making improvements to the icons, period. If some people think it will make inkscape more consistent too, then great. But as a Windows user who doesn't use any other Tango-fied programs, the consistency does not mean much to me. I admit I don't really get why some people are pushing so hard for Tango icons either, and I was not willing to swallow it when the argument was "these are Tango style, therefore better". But now that Guillermo is actually working to make the icons stand on their own merits rather than appealing to dogmatic Tango-ism, I'm all for it.
--bb