bulia byak wrote:
To me, it does not. It looks like this is a tool for drawing a rectangle with a trapezoid on top :)
Hahaha. Well, I have to agree. Since there are no 3D box tools and the set is not strictly Tango or Art Libre, maybe we can make a little exception and create something more "perspective-ish". It won't be a valid Tango icon but in my honest opinion, that's better than the current set.
I really think that many people may be overlooking inkscape because it doesn't look "pro".
I really doubt that. Some of the icons deep inside are atrocious, yes, but the tool icons on the "front page" are perfectly OK. Thousands of people got used to them already, I really see no reason to change them now. They are in documentation, forums, screenshots, etc. etc. It will be a very disruptive change for no compelling reason at all.
Well, it isn't completely true. Go to inkscape.org and check the screenshots section... Currently there are two screenshots when you click that link, and one is an incomplete Tango :-p
I also have to disagree with you about some points: I don't think the change in the icons will be too disruptive (most of the toolbar icons are pretty similar, but more polished) and I don't think the reason of unifying the look of the most important free graphics applications isn't compelling enough. The current icons are perfectly OK, but a lot of people find them too cartoony/childish for a capable application like Inkscape.
Unfortunately we are only a few discussing this. I'd like to know how the community feels about this. Defaulting the Tango in SVN set would be a nice opportunity to see what's the reaction of a larger portion of the users. If the majority want the old icons back, it's only matter of reverting the change and that's it.
Maybe we can reach a compromise - tangoify all icons except the tool icons?
What about a better 3D box tool and a revision of the toolbar icons that are too different compared with the old set? ;-)
Gez.