new python icons for windows
I've been using the new python icons for windows for about two weeks now and I must say they've turned out to be far less functional than I thought. From purely visual standpoint the new icons look better, the old ones had a certain level of 'cuteness' associated to them .. I could see why that might have been a turnoff for some. But these new icons are too large, too blocky and too pastel. On my laptop time and again I found myself squinting trying to figure out just what the actual icon is. For example it resembles the icon for text files. It always feels like I need to make a small mental effort of first recognizing then mapping the icon to python. I can recall ever having this problem with the old icons ... or windows icons in general for that matter. Just an opinion. Istvan PS can someone point me to a page/link that contains the old icons? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: new python icons for windows
Istvan Albert wrote: > But these new icons are too large, too blocky and too pastel. Hooray! Glad to see *someone* doesn't like 'em, I'll expect a few more when b1 hits. :-) Although I can't really see 'large', 'blocky' or 'pastel'... they're the same size and shape as other Windows document icons, and I personally find the Python logo colours quite striking. If it's the new-fangled shadey gradienty kind of nonsense you don't like, you could also try the low-colour versions. eg. ICOs compiled with only 16-colour and 16/32 sizes: http://doxdesk.com/file/software/py/pyicons-tiny.zip > For example it resembles the icon for text files. This is intentional: to make it obvious that .py files are the readable, editable scripts, contrasting with .pyc's binary gunk - something that wasn't 100% clear before. With the obviousness of the Python-plus and the strong difference between the white and black base document icons, squinting shouldn't really be necessary IMO. > can someone point me to a page/link that contains the old icons? Sure, http://svn.python.org/view/python/branches/release24-maint/PC/py.ico http://svn.python.org/view/python/branches/release24-maint/PC/pyc.ico http://svn.python.org/view/python/branches/release24-maint/PC/pycon.ico -- And Clover mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.doxdesk.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: new python icons for windows
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For example it resembles the icon for text files. > > This is intentional: to make it obvious that .py files are the > readable, editable scripts, contrasting with .pyc's binary gunk - I think this is a mistake, it does not seem obious, all it does is just blends in and does not separate the python files from regular text files. As I said before I think your icons are neat, the design is clean and it looks very professional. Unfortunately, in my experience, this design did not allow me to easily pick out the python files from the text files. Also the black icons for pyc files are far more visible and stand out much more than the white ones. If anything I wish the pyc had no icons at all or was invisible, I mean how often do you need to do any work with pyc files... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: new python icons for windows
Istvan Albert wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > For example it resembles the icon for text files. > > > > This is intentional: to make it obvious that .py files are the > > readable, editable scripts, contrasting with .pyc's binary gunk - > > I think this is a mistake, it does not seem obious, all it does is just > blends in and does not separate the python files from regular text > files. > > Also the black icons for pyc files are far more visible and > stand out much more than the white ones. If anything I wish the pyc had > no icons at all or was invisible, I mean how often do you need to do > any work with pyc files... I agree with those points after trying out the icons. Something about the icons seems blurry (perhaps it's the yellow snake with the poorly visible white eye. Or it could be the paper that doesn't seem to have enough contrast on the top (I have white background behind them.) To my eyes, the pyc stick out also. I almost want to swap the two since the pyc files look so striking. I do like the egg icons very much. Good work! -Kevin Deenanauth -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
