BTW, the Tango icons _are_ included in the vermillion builds as an alternative icon theme.
To switch to Tango, use gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme --type string Tango Laca On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 14:56 -0700, Brian Cameron wrote: > Mike: > > Yes I understand that we do not use Tango icons, but I still think > it is good for Sun to encourage mentoring within the GNOME community > in general, not just for what benefits Sun directly. If people wanted > to help out with graphic design in GNOME (doing things like helping to > move to the Tango standard, improve docs, etc.), I'd think we'd still > be happy to mentor them. > > Brian > > > > We are not planning on incorporating the tango project icons on JDS > > because we are in the process of creating a comprehensive set of Sun > > branded icons to replace what we currently have. However, some of the > > symbolism will shift to match Tango icons. Now WRT a11y icons, we > > certainly realize that the current set is totally insufficient. There > > is no set plan to create new large print icons but we can batch process > > the new icons for low and high contrast themes. However, in the design > > process, vector graphics are being generated that will hopefully enable > > production of large print icons when we get to that. > > > > I wish I could say that the large print icons were forthcoming but it's > > just me making icons right now so it's one step at a time. > > > > > > Cheers, > > m. > > > > > > Mike Stern > > > > Visual Designer, xDesign > > > > 650 / 786-6542 > > > > mike.stern at sun.com <mailto:stern at sun.com> > > > > > > > > On Apr 19, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > > > >> > >> John: > >> > >> Some more ideas of projects that we could do. > >> > >> + We know that there are many missing a11y icons, and general work in > >> the GNOME community migrating to the Tango icons, general usability > >> and HIG problems. It would be great to get some icon designers to > >> help flesh out a11y icons. > >> > >> + User docs, API docs, and manpages are other areas where the GNOME > >> community could use more help. There might be tech writers out there > >> who would be interested in working on improving these areas. > >> > >> + QA Testing. We have a lot of interesting in-house experience doing > >> things like testing a11y. I'd think there would be people out there > >> who would get into a mentor relationship where they learned the ins > >> and outs of a11y QA testing, especially with Section 508 requirements > >> becoming more of an issue for many organizations. > >> > >> + a11y. I'm sure the a11y team could think of a number of projects > >> that would be interesting. Dictation software, magnification using > >> compositing, getting libgail to stop using libgnomecanvas, and > >> writing ORCA scripts are ideas that come to mind. > >> > >> Brian > >> > >> > >>> Jim Grisanzio has kicked this off as a general request for > >>> participation from all the OpenSolaris projects: > >>> http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=7878&tstart=0 > >>> <http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=7878&tstart=0> > >>> Anyone any desktop related ideas that would be suitable? > >>> Easy: > >>> Add Gnome Applet support as sample project in Netbeans - using Java > >>> Gnome bindings. > >>> Medium: > >>> Reduce memory consumption of Gtk+ hello world application. > >>> Hard: > >>> Modify Firefox's tabbing behaviour to allow it to run with reduced > >>> memory requirements, only hold images in memory for currently visible > >>> tab. Plenty of other optimisations that could be looked at to allow > >>> Firefox to run better ina memory constrained environment. > >>> Darren - I'm sure you have loads from the Linux gaps analysis and the > >>> System Tools project, so just fire ahead. > >>> Glynn - I assume the best thing here is for you to put up a Google > >>> Summer of Code page on the OpenSolaris Desktop home page, that Jim > >>> can point to. > >>> JR > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> desktop-discuss mailing list > >>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org <mailto:desktop-discuss at > >>> opensolaris.org> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> desktop-discuss mailing list > >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org <mailto:desktop-discuss at > >> opensolaris.org> > > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
