--- On Sat, 7/17/10, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: Losing Lydia: A Simpler LyX Icon? > To: "Bruce Pourciau" <bruce.h.pourc...@lawrence.edu> > Cc: "LyXFolks" <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> > Received: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 10:07 AM > On 07/17/2010 09:43 AM, Bruce > Pourciau wrote: > > Looking at the icons in the dock of my Mac, it's hard > not to notice that the LyX icon -- with Lydia sitting on top > of the letters LyX -- being relatively complicated, is less > readily identifiable and less "graphic" than other icons. > Most icons are simpler, and more successful IMHO because of > that simplicity. Now I'm really fond of Lydia, and I > wouldn't want her to snap at me if she were to get dumped, > but what would LyX folks think about just using the letters > LyX alone (just the letters, no background even)? It would > be simple, graphically strong, but also unusuIal, since few > icons are the same as the name of the application. Just a > thought. > > > There is an older LyX icon that seems to turn up here for > some reason and that just has the letters, more or less. > > rh > Is this a Mac thing? In XP I just get a slightly garish, multi-coloured LyX layout that is very easy to find. I had to go to the LyX website to see who Lydia is.
