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------- Additional comments from methylene_b...@openoffice.org Thu Jun 10 17:02:04 +0000 2010 ------- I too agree with all those here who don’t care for the new icons. In fact, these colorless icons are a reason I will be sticking with OOo 3.2.0. —– The same monotone color for all module (Writer, Calc, etc) icons reduces the recognizability of the modules themselves, thereby decreasing the usability and user-friendliness within OOo. “By making the application icons uniform in color and orb-like, OOo is really distinguishing itself from its main competitor”[1] and shooting itself in the foot. It is a step counter-productive to attracting users from the competitor. And surely with all the press and attention OpenOffice has gotten over the years, it is not suffering from an identity crisis anymore. —– “The similarity of the icons may also symbolically reflect the modular architecture of OOo…” [1] and though that is important for developers (who know that anyway), the symbolism is trivial for end users (who know it anyway, too, and are not interested in architectural symbolism). —– “There is no OpenOffice.org branding in [the file icons] whatsoever.” [1] Perhaps a good idea because the seagulls are a bit messy in the file icons, but the ODF “logo” is bland and ugly and does not achieve a “lighter and less cluttered” appearance, as is claimed for the application icons. Moreover, end-users could give a hoot about pushing ODF as a standard open format. I wish the design decision makers would stop trying to push their idealism and concentrate instead on making an excellent product which speaks for itself! If they absolutely have to, why not keep the “orb” theme and include a simple “O” for odf-docs and a blank “orb” for non-odf, including, of course, COLOR! “It is hoped that these will become the universal ODF icons that other applications supporting ODF will adopt.”[1] As they are, I certainly hope not! ----- 1 - http://www.patentpending.co.nz/soapbox/index.php/openoffice-org-new-setup-file-and-application-icons --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@framework.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@framework.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
