> Your linked image looks somewhat better than the dark metal implementation, > but value invert is hit and miss - eg. it inverts depth perception.
That's true for the old bitmap icons, but the new SVG icons are drawn without shadows, specular highlights/gradients, and bevel borders. This should avoid the depth inversion problem. > Catch 22! I'll put work into implementing this as soon as we have icons that > support it. > But the icons already have accent and logical colours. It's whether we choose > to expose them. To understand--what do you mean by accent and logical colors here, in terms of the existing NetBeans icons? Could you take a look at the following screenshot (left side), which shows the most commonly seen NetBeans icons, and say what the "accent" color would be, and give some examples of what you mean by "logical" colors? https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/13026411/13026411_210604+Icons+Overview+Cropped.png (I know there are other icon styles where the icons are mostly grayscale + single accept color, like in IntelliJ. But the NetBeans icons have a multi-color style. And I think this is actually a nice point of differentiation for NetBeans.) -- Eirik -----Original Message----- From: Neil C Smith <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 2:09 PM To: dev <[email protected]> Cc: Arafat BOUCHAFRA <[email protected]>; Peter Cheung <[email protected]>; Peter Cheung <[email protected]> Subject: Re: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
