Hi Jens, Nik, all
thanks for joining this task and for uploading your drafts.
I'd like to comment on both of your designs and add a few thoughts not
mentioned before (at least not here on this list):
Jens: Your app icons look great, but I don't think we should change them
in such a radical way with a minor release. If people don't recognize
their applications and files, they might become upset...
Representing the different file formats with other symbols might be a
good idea (we should involve UX in that question), even if they are
quite abstracted.
But for the present question there is one point to mention: ODF is not
eye-catching at all - in fact, you have to search a bit to find the
letters (this refers to both of your uploaded icons).
You did send me a more classic approach offlist - containing the gulls
and a gradient in the upper area, lines for writer in the middle and a
yellow area with ODF at the bottom. It's quite similar to Nik's draft.
Nik, your design is great too - works in small sizes as well as in
larger scales, eye-catching by the colors and the gull as separator
between application color and content symbols.
But looking at your design I notice something I didn't mention before:
The ODF icons should be used by as many applications as possible (the
present ones by abandonment of any app specific symbols). I'd rather
would like to have an area dedicated to such a symbol or graphical
element. The symbol should not be more prominent than the "ODF" area,
but give additional information on the application.
Jens changed the colors of the OASIS logo (background yellow, text
violet), this seems to me to be more eye-catching than the violet logo
with white text.
Especially in very small size (16x16) when the text is not readable at
all, the yellow area with violet border might be a good representation.
Even if I'm not able to design as high quality icons as you both, I
uploaded what I think might be a basis of icons that could be used by
other applications too:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:BeDipp#personal_sandbox
Best regards
Bernhard
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