Re: icons of floating widgets in gui

[Torsten]

On 23.11.2012 21:05, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 11/23/2012 01:48 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>> On 11/23/2012 01:07 PM, Torsten wrote:
>>> On 30.10.2012 21:34, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>>>> On 10/30/2012 03:01 PM, Torsten wrote:
>>>>> On 30.10.2012 20:19, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/30/2012 02:05 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK. Nice! No wonder I had no idea what you were talking about in
>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>> initial post. I guess I personally would sort of like different
>>>>>>> icons
>>>>>>> for the editor, etc. because otherwise it looks like multiple
>>>>>>> copies of
>>>>>>> octave in the workspace bar at the bottom of the screen. Can the
>>>>>>> icon be
>>>>>>> altered slightly so that one still associates it with Octave but can
>>>>>>> still tell it isn't the main window?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I'm not sure about a completely different icon, as in the case of
>>>>>> the terminal window that you pointed out. That could get to be too
>>>>>> much
>>>>>> and confused with similar icons from different applications. Instead,
>>>>>> could the Octave icon be used as a backdrop and then maybe put a
>>>>>> letter
>>>>>> on top in black or green like 'e' for editor, 'w' for workspace,
>>>>>> 'c' for
>>>>>> command window, 'd' for directory window?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some other idea?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
>>>>> The terminal icon is the one used so far. The patch mentioned
>>>>> changes it
>>>>> to the octave logo in order to associate it clearly with octave.
>>>>>
>>>>> Concerning the new icons I thought of the octave logo with some
>>>>> kind of
>>>>> mini logo in the lower right corner. Are there some copyrights on the
>>>>> original logo or is it allowed to post an altered icons as suggestion?
>>>>>
>>>>> Torsten
>>>>
>>>> That could get sort of small in the workspace menubar, but I think it
>>>> would still be clear that the icons are different from the main icon.
>>>> Were you thinking to convey information via a different sub-icon for
>>>> each function, e.g., like the 'e', 'd', 'c', etc. I suggested?
>>>>
>>>> Copyright? I'm not sure. Others?
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>
>>> I think letters in the icons for the floating widgets would require
>>> different icon sets for different translations. I attached two possible
>>> icons for the editor widget. What do you think?
>>
>> The letter inside the logo looks nice, but I suppose it doesn't convey
>> the meaning as well as the graphic does. It looks like an application
>> graphic of its own.
> 
> If one opens the PNG images in GIMP the icons appear in the dock bar so
> it gives an idea of what this will look like when implemented.  The 'e'
> isn't too bad, maybe if it were slightly darker or a non-neutral tone
> that sets it apart from the orange and blue of the Octave logo.  How
> other letters would fit would need examples too.
> 
> So, up in the air.  Let's see what others think.
> 
> Dan

Please find attached two potential sets of draft icons for the widgets
(letters and graphics). Comments?

Torsten

widget-letter-icons.zip
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widget-icons.zip
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