On 4/15/06, Benjamin Esham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 10, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Peter Slizik wrote: > > >> BTW, there is a trend towards more colorful, more > >> playful icons. I dislike this trend, because most of > >> those icons are much less legible than the icons > >> having been replaced. > > > > Yes, that's true. Maybe adding some light glow, color transition, > > or shadow > > effects would help to make the logo more 'shiny'. But it depends on > > personal > > taste, of course. > > Personally, I *love* Matthew Webb's OS X versions of the Vim logo: > > http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~mtwebb/vim_icon/vim_icons.html > > Especially the "matte" version. It's the same design as the current > logo, but without the "im" text and with some subtle gradients and > brushed-metal effects. > > Does anyone think that it would be unreasonable to set this as the > default icon for Mac OS X builds of Vim? It certainly blends better > with the other apps' icons than the logo we have now (IMO). > > Cheers, > -- > Benjamin D. Esham > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bdesham.net | AIM: bdesham128 > Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia • http://en.wikipedia.org
Actually I use Matthew's icon in Yahoo! Widget's Zoomy Bar <URL:http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=38873>. All the icon's there have the shiny look (and have no additional letters). However, I think it is one special incarnation of the Vim icon, and should not be regarded a universal solution. The real look depends on the look and feel of a specific OS (or distribution). If all the other icons are not shiny, a shiny Vim icon will look strange indeed. And there are more styles than being shiny (OSX-like).... Best regards, -- Wu Yongwei URL: http://wyw.dcweb.cn/
