AOO4.1 - Desktop IconsPage edited by Samer Mansour
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Added an alternative icon set to show how removing the boarder shape may make it easier to see.
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Full ContentI am proposing a new icon set for AOO 4.1 that will make them more usable and recognizable to users. Our focus should be to be the best user experience. To do this, you need to step out of your shoes and think "if I were a user would I care about X in this context?" Tools To Complete TaskGIMP - Free - Can exports icon files with varying sizes. Tutorial on layer sizing and exporting: http://www.gimp-tutorials.net/How-to-make-an-icon-from-a-picture Existing references and resources for icons: http://www.openoffice.org/ui/VisualDesign/ODF_icons4print.html http://www.openoffice.org/ui/VisualDesign/OOo30MimeType4print.html http://www.openoffice.org/ui/VisualDesign/OOo_galaxy_mimetype.html AOO.next Flat Desktop Icon ExplorationSubmitted by Kevin Grignon Palette is based on AOO blue as key colour. AOO Desktop Icon Exploration - Samer MansourImprovement in icons to emphasize file type (enlarged application icon and colours, decrease in birds and black styling taking up space.) AOO Desktop Icon Exploration 2 (Round) - Samer MansourRounded to match branding, Went flat, sharper, increased contrast between designator and background icon. Less busy, dropped the gulls. Changed templates to be dotted, different perspective than we used in the past, left the solid bar at the top so previous 3.x users transition to new icon set. Then I thought keep the circle theme going (lines don't scale down as nicely in circle version because its smaller to start with): One more example for comparison on Windows 8 (can be done by Properties->Shortcut->Change Icon... dialog in windows): You can see how having a circle or rounded square makes the Icon slightly less readable/less pixels to work with. BTW The anti aliasing isn't fine tuned.
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- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Kay Schenk (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)
- [CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community > AOO4.1 ... Samer Mansour (Confluence)