Hi! You're absolutely right about the exclamation mark - it's just visual noise. But I found the gloss effect on your version doesn't make it easier to recognise the arrows: it lessens contrast. I did a quick gimp-up based on your work (I'm not a great vector artist, so I imported your arrows into the GIMP), in the style of my Still Life set:
48x48 px version: http://members.inode.at/387112/update-48.png 24x24 px version: http://members.inode.at/387112/update-24.png The colours are from the Ubuntu palette. Cheers, Julian Am Donnerstag, den 23.03.2006, 11:36 +0100 schrieb Manu Cornet: > Since I switched to Ubuntu (hoary), I've always found that the > update-notifier icon (red circle with arrows) was not very clear : the > arrows are too thin (I actually needed a few weeks to realize they were > arrows), and the green "!" gets in the way. I think the color red is > enough of a warning without adding another "!" like "Upgrade now or > you're gonna die within the minute !" :) > > So I gave a try at designing a new icon, which I think blends better > into the current theme (and also quite tango-like). Here is the SVG > version : > > http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/update.svg > > a large PNG version : > > http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/update_big.png > > and a smaller (not optimized, it would probably need a little > refinement) PNG, 24 pixels high (same as the default top panel) : > > http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/update.png > > What do you guys think ? > > Cheers, > Manu -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art