Artwork conversations

2007-02-15 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, Apologies for the long post but this touches a broader topic. So be patient and you will reach the see the light or at the end of my email. Are we ready? Good. I had a opportunity to talk to Diana Fong during FUDCon Boston 2007 after she came up to talk to me about my perspectives and

Echo emblems

2007-02-15 Thread Matthias Clasen
Just thought I should point out that emblems are the only icons in an icon theme which are guaranteed to be shown with their display names in the ui (in the nautilus properties dialog) - thus it is a good idea to add a .icon file for each emblem containing a suitable display name. Of course, we

Inconsistency in using + (plus) or * (star) emblems in echo icons?

2007-02-15 Thread Martin Sourada
I think there is some inconsistency in using pluses and stars in echo icons, or at least I don't understand the philosophy behind. Here are listed currently problematic icons: with plus: address-book-new appointment-new contact-new mail-message-new with blue star: document-new

Re: Inconsistency in using + (plus) or * (star) emblems in echo icons?

2007-02-15 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Martin Sourada wrote: with plus: address-book-new appointment-new contact-new mail-message-new Plus means add something. with blue star: document-new mail-mark-unread window-new Blue star means create a new item/object. with yellow star: appointment-soon Yellow star means planning

Re: Inconsistency in using + (plus) or * (star) emblems in echo icons?

2007-02-15 Thread Diana Fong
Martin Sourada wrote: I think there is some inconsistency in using pluses and stars in echo icons, or at least I don't understand the philosophy behind. Here are listed currently problematic icons: with plus: address-book-new appointment-new contact-new mail-message-new with blue star:

Re: Inconsistency in using + (plus) or * (star) emblems in echo icons?

2007-02-15 Thread Diana Fong
Martin Sourada wrote: Thanks for clarification. But then I think mail-mark-unread does not fall to any of the groups. Also I tend to think that the difference between creating new document and creating new mail message is very subtle, but I am quite sattisfied with this division. I think it

Re: Inconsistency in using + (plus) or * (star) emblems in echo icons?

2007-02-15 Thread Martin Sourada
Yes, I am ok with this. I don't have write access to the guidlines wiki, so if one with access to it edit it I would be glad :) Diana Fong wrote: Martin Sourada wrote: Thanks for clarification. But then I think mail-mark-unread does not fall to any of the groups. Also I tend to think that the

Re: Inconsistency in using + (plus) or * (star) emblems in echo icons?

2007-02-15 Thread Diana Fong
Martin Sourada wrote: Yes, I am ok with this. I don't have write access to the guidlines wiki, so if one with access to it edit it I would be glad :) Ok, done. I categorized it under Emblems on the guidelines wiki. I also included .svgs for each...star and plus emblem. Diana Fong ---

Re: Artwork conversations

2007-02-15 Thread John Baer
Rahul, Thank you for responding to this thread. I hope things went well at FUDCon Boston. Apologies for the long post but this touches a broader topic. +1 Let me state the problem here is not Diana, the problem here is Fedora. There was never any question in my mind of Diana's skill but Diana

Re: Artwork conversations

2007-02-15 Thread Rahul Sundaram
John Baer wrote:. If Fedora is going to be open source then Fedora needs to embrace open source. The fact Diana was crafting Fedora final artwork off line with no communication to the team is not open source. It has nothing to do with polish or talent and has everything to do with equality,