On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 20:44 +1000, Pascal Klein wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 22:18 -0400, Lukas Sabota wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 05:15 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> > > Lukas Sabota wrote:
> > > > Hello!
> > > > There are a few icons that are displayed on the default desktop. I'll
> > > > list them here:
> > > > Applications
> > > > Mozilla-Firefox
> > > > Evolution
> > > > Log out
> > > > Show Desktop
> > > > Trash
> > > >
> > > > My idea is to theme some of these icons orange. Here is a suggestion
> > > > for each of these:
> > > > Applications - Already Orange
> > > > Mozilla Firefox - Use the Human Internet orange globe.
> > > > Evolution - Use an orange clock in the icon rather than a white one.
> > > > Volume Control - Would fit fine how it is.
> > > > Log out - Would fit fine how it is.
> > > > Show Desktop - Perhaps orange corners could be used instead of the
> > > > current blue ones.
> > > > Trash - The trashcan has just recently been changed orange :) No more
> > > > battery! This would fit fine.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I think it would be AWESOME if we could get some of the app icons to
> > > fit better as a more cohesive Human / Tangerine oriented set.
> > >
> > > Mark
>
> ---
>
>
> > Hello,
> > I decided to actually do something instead of all this proposing :). I
> > feel that the most important icons to get to fit in the theme would be
> > the ones that show on the desktop by default. I did a little bit of
> > inkscaping to the evolution-mail.svg icon, and made the red/maroon
> > border of the clock orange. One problem that I ran into was that I
> > could not find a color palette for Human on the wiki. Am I missing
> > something? I used colors that seem to fit, but more consistent colors
> > could be used if I knew what the palette was.
> > I'm attaching a portion of a screenshot with the default icons
> > "Orangified". The firefox icon has been replaced by the Internet
> > category icon, and the evolution icon has been replaced with my new
> > evolution icon. Please reply with comments :)
> >
> > God bless,
> > Lukas
>
>
>
> I'm not too fond of this idea. Why do we need to change them?
>
> Maybe it is just me but I think adding unnecessary orange to even
> application icons would be too much orange for a desktop.
>
> Finally I guess it would be a fair bit of work to run through all the
> icons especially when there are not Human SVG icons.
>
> Cheers,
> Pascal
Pascal,
It would absolutely be a lot of work to run through ALL of the
application icons and change them in any way. What I am suggesting is
to change the few icons that are on the screen by default to fit in with
the theme.
God bless,
Lukas
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