Still, an icon is supposed to display the use of an application, not it's mascot. Icon != Logo.
Also, how can an alien-looking creature grabbing an antenna work as a metaphor for a Podcast subscription application? -Kalle tor 2008-09-04 klockan 09:58 +0100 skrev Bruno Miguel: > What about the green alien grabbing the antenna, like poseidon with is > trident? > > >> URL: > >> https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/gpodder-devel/attachments/20080903/f84ec308/attachment.html > > > > Hi, gPodder developers. I'm the person who created the new gPodder icon. > > > > The 'antenna' is actually the official Podcast symbol, and a great way > > to tell users that "This is a podcast application". I could probably > > make the waves around it stronger to make its apperance stronger. That > > way it would also not look that much like a web browser as some of you > > think that the current version does. > > > > As for having the green man as part of the current icon I'm afraid > > that's not ideal at all. Again, I -really- understand that the green man > > means a lot to you developers and power users that participate on this > > list, but new users will likely be more confused than helped from it. As > > I've said before, it would really be best to keep it in the about dialog > > (look how gedit does this) and on the website. > > > > -Kalle > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gpodder-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > gpodder-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-devel _______________________________________________ gpodder-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-devel
