On Sat, 1 Jan 2022, 12:05 Eirik Bakke, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I know, it's horrible! > > I thought it looked quite nice :-) >
Your linked image looks somewhat better than the dark metal implementation, but value invert is hit and miss - eg. it inverts depth perception. > > > My general point is that redrawing the icons is a massive task--there are > thousands of unique icons in NetBeans, Yes, I know, hence suggesting ensuring a standardised colour palette that has potential to style from one place. It's a little extra work at the beginning that should simplify the massive task a bit? There's also the YAGNI principle--don't pre-architect for functionality we > won't yet implement. > Catch 22! I'll put work into implementing this as soon as we have icons that support it. > I also happen to think that the existing icon color scheme is actually a > good one, and that animations should be avoided. Accent colors are a good > idea, > I agree on existing palette and animations. But the icons already have accent and logical colours. It's whether we choose to expose them. Best wishes, Neil
