Hi Bernhard, Am Sonntag, 9. Januar 2011, 00:26:50 schrieb Bernhard Dippold: > > just a quick comment: I really like the design - but the metaphor for > > templates is not convincing and does not work in small sizes. I would > > again like to bring in the idea of inverting the icon, which is as > > close to the mental model of a template (german: Schablone, Schema) as > > my mind brings me atm. > > I tried to do a quick draft of what you suggested (it's quite quick and > very dirty if you would have a look at the source), inverting the > interior area of the template icons, but I kept the rip-off metaphor too: > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Writer_template_inverted.png
I like it. Think it is good to keep the rip-off metaphor. And the different types of icons are well distinguishable. > For reference the link to Christoph's icons: > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7HzXZAAAGWFfgU0XzayU8Q?feat=directlink > > We don't have much time left to create the icons, if they should be > included in the final release of LibO 3.3.0, so we should define quite > fast where to go. > > I think both proposals have their advantages - the inverted icons look > quite dark, but are easier to differ from the document icons. Perhaps it is possible to increase brightness / decreas saturation of the icons to have them both approximately in the same darkness? > I don't know if they really follow the general visual language of the > other icons... > > What do you think? In general I think the quality of the icons (template being dark or not) is good enough. So I will not comment on further mails. Get them out :) Best, Björn > Best regards > > Bernhard > > (who starts working on the Draw document icon) > > If anybody else would try his/her skills on the Master Doc (just put the > symbols of four Writer icons or the full icons together on the main > application icon), this would already help a lot! -- www.OpenSource-Usability-Labs.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
