Re: icons of floating widgets in gui

[Torsten]

On 26.11.2012 10:26, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 11/24/2012 06:42 AM, Torsten wrote:
>> 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
> 
> The color you chose for the letters doesn't work so well on a grey
> background, i.e., the typical blue Windows theme.  I can import the PNGs
> into GIMP, select the letters and cast them to other shades.  However,
> it is difficult to find something orthogonal to both blue and orange
> since they are separated pretty far on the spectrum.  So, I just changed
> a letter to black and that looks fairly good.
> 
> However, black might not work if someone picks a theme for which the
> background is black (e.g., handheld device with OLED screen).  So, I was
> going to create a set of icons with cut and paste of the letters onto
> another layer in GIMP, then on a mid layer put a white box with black
> border, i.e.,
> 
> Layer 1: Octave logo with transparencies
> Layer 2: White box with border
> Layer 3: Black letter
> 
> then flatten the layers into a PNG image.  Haven't gotten that far yet.
>  I suspect they will look similar to the other set of icons, but with a
> letter description rather than a graphical depiction.
> 
> Dan

Good idea to make a background for the letters. What about filling the
circle for that purpose?

Torsten

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