Hi Bernhard,
Bernhard Dippold wrote:
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...
I find them interesting as well. On some colors the seagulls could have
some more contrast...
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.
I think the document icons should looks somehow like document, the shape
you choose seem also too abstract for me.
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).
Maybe this is the idea behind this, one day the users may associate that
shape with ODF, but I have to admit that I'm a bit septic in this aspect
;-)
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
but these still contain the seagulls ?!
my understanding from what you've said is: ODF document icons should
have no seagulls, the app icons should have them.
And: do we really need to go with the OASIS yellow or violet ? On that
yellow I don't like either black or white letters, and the violet color
doesn't seem to work with black Letters.
Best regards
Bernhard
Martin
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