Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-16 Thread Máirín Duffy
Martin Sourada wrote: On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 17:20 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: I have an idea. How about instead of having a gradient from say black to the red, try a transparent dark green => clear alpha gradient on top of the red? I don't know if that works in on-screen artwork but the way you

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-16 Thread Martin Sourada
On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 17:20 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > I have an idea. How about instead of having a gradient from say black to > the red, try a transparent dark green => clear alpha gradient on top of > the red? I don't know if that works in on-screen artwork but the way you > do shadows in p

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-11 Thread Mark
2008/7/10 Martin Sourada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 22:58 -0300, Jayme Ayres wrote: >> Maybe looks good to use a "burned orange"... >> > Hm... interesting idea. > >> 2008/7/9 Máirín Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > >> > fwiw I think that red color is way too bright. It hurts my eye

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-10 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hey Martin, Martin Sourada wrote: On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 22:58 -0300, Jayme Ayres wrote: Maybe looks good to use a "burned orange"... Hm... interesting idea. 2008/7/9 Máirín Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: fwiw I think that red color is way too bright. It hurts my eyes to look at it. Yeah, I h

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-10 Thread Martin Sourada
On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 22:58 -0300, Jayme Ayres wrote: > Maybe looks good to use a "burned orange"... > Hm... interesting idea. > 2008/7/9 Máirín Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > fwiw I think that red color is way too bright. It hurts my eyes to look at > > it. > > Yeah, I have the same feeling,

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-10 Thread Mark
2008/7/9 Martin Sourada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As promised, here is next batch of sketches of > preferences-system-firewall. I modified the wall to use darker shades of > red and also to have slightly different bricks so they are not all same. > In the first take I also changed the lock to better c

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-09 Thread Jayme Ayres
Maybe looks good to use a "burned orange"... 2008/7/9 Máirín Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martin Sourada wrote: >> >> As promised, here is next batch of sketches of >> preferences-system-firewall. I modified the wall to use darker shades of >> red and also to have slightly different bricks so they

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-09 Thread Máirín Duffy
Martin Sourada wrote: As promised, here is next batch of sketches of preferences-system-firewall. I modified the wall to use darker shades of red and also to have slightly different bricks so they are not all same. In the first take I also changed the lock to better contrast with the wall, in the

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-09 Thread Martin Sourada
As promised, here is next batch of sketches of preferences-system-firewall. I modified the wall to use darker shades of red and also to have slightly different bricks so they are not all same. In the first take I also changed the lock to better contrast with the wall, in the second take I tried usi

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-09 Thread Nicu Buculei
Martin Sourada wrote: On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 10:59 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: BTW, do you think is good to use GIMP tricks to improve display? This way the binary (PNG) can't be built directly from source and would make the life harder for derivatives. The antialiasing seems to work rather ba

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-09 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Nicu Buculei a écrit : > > Anyway, it seems a wall made from red bricks and *something* is the > most common used metaphor for such icon, so we should stay with it, at > it will be easily recognized by users. > > Maybe to not copy the icon from Windows, protect a *computer* with the > wall? > Will

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-09 Thread Martin Sourada
On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 10:59 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > For me it wasn't about the size but about the contrast: dark red lock > painted on a red wall. > A stone wall (grey?) will probably improve this. > The one with lock as standalone object was well for you in that aspect? Yeah, I meant grey w

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-09 Thread Nicu Buculei
Martin Sourada wrote: Hm... I'll try the one with Globe, though I am not sure if it would work. Also, looking at the MS Win Defender icon, I'll perhaps try stone wall... And with the red one + lock - I'll perhaps try darker red for bricks and bigger lock. Is it really that bad visible in 48x48 -

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-09 Thread Martin Sourada
On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 20:10 -0700, Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: > The lock is barely visible given the dominance of the bright brick > color. How about placing Internet icon behind the wall? It might looks > like *cough* Microsoft Windows Defender but other Firewall icons are > not that great IMHO. H

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-08 Thread Nicu Buculei
Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: 2008/7/8 Martin Sourada: I've prepared two different designs for preferences-system-firewall. Basically both implement the idea of firewall being some sort of security wall - therefore I used brick wall and lock. In first design the lock is supposed to be

Re: [Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-08 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
2008/7/8 Martin Sourada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've prepared two different designs for preferences-system-firewall. > Basically both implement the idea of firewall being some sort of > security wall - therefore I used brick wall and lock. In first design > the lock is supposed to be drawn on the w

[Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches

2008-07-08 Thread Martin Sourada
I've prepared two different designs for preferences-system-firewall. Basically both implement the idea of firewall being some sort of security wall - therefore I used brick wall and lock. In first design the lock is supposed to be drawn on the wall, in the second design, it is an object on it's own