This discussion doesn't seem to be going well for the Tango icons. This seems like a great shame to me because I strongly prefer them. I think they with the HIG, are the best thing to happen to the free desktop for a long time - I mean the quite seriously.
- I think they look slicker - more highly designed. - The colours look more vibrant - I can't stand the "pastel shades" of the present set, they look washed out and anemic to me. - The Tango Icons look a lot better for Windows users, and I'd argue better as well for Ubuntu-default-install users, because the icons look very much more in keeping with the parent desktop. - Also, am I right in thinking that the GTK guys are moving their library over to Tango for New, Save, Print etc. in the near future? I hope so, because the present ones look terrible in the Windows version - but funnily enough they look consistent with the rest of the Inkscape set. So as we upgrade GTK, parts of Inkscape will become more Tango-ey (IMHO better looking) while other parts will retain the same old look - rather the way Windows 95 did when all those 16-bit apps became obselete. - For me attention to detail REALLY matters. I believe it's worth spending time to get the little things right. But also, these icons are not such a tiny detail, because for many users they are thing that carry the feel of the app to a first time user. Even for long time users, a good working environment can make the user feel subtly happier about their work as they do it. - GIMP-Win's makover is a radical improvement for me. I couldn't stand to use it before; it was so ugly in Windows. Now I quite like to use it - wierd window structure asside. - Giving Inkscape a face lift will propel it further forward when 0.46 comes out, because people can immediately see new things from the very first glance. This creates more buzz, which means more users, which means more developers, which means better Inkscape.
So all in all I really think it's worth one our 106 developers taking some time on this.
Joel
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art" <faceman@...1574...> To: "inkscape-devel List" inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:27 AM Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Tango Icons
bulia byak wrote:
Yes, with this I agree. I would consider a redesign of our Gradient icon. But using the Tango one will make it too similar with the Rectangle. Maybe just rotating the gradient line horizontal will remove its clash with the Connector icon.
Does this icon have a mnemonic color specified for it, since it doesn't really have a default color?
JF
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