Re: icons of floating widgets in gui

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 12/04/2012 03:38 PM, Torsten wrote:
> On 26.11.2012 22:36, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> > On 11/26/2012 03:10 PM, Torsten wrote:
> > > On 26.11.2012 10:26, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > > 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
> >
> > Not bad.  Preserves the logo that way.  I put the icon on a black
> > background and it still looks fairly good.  (There's a little leaking
> > right around the inner edge, but that's a minor fix.)
> >
> > Dan
>
> Attached a new set of icons following the last 'design' but no more
> leaking and reduced contrast between background and letters.
>
> Torsten

Looks great.

So that's two good sets of icons to choose from.  I suppose the best way 
of making a choice is for the maintainers to try out the two options.  A 
good way of doing this, I propose, is to put an option in the GUI/IDE 
for "UI Icons", one of symbols|letters|none.  (Changing icons after the 
program is launched is possible, correct?)  We can eventually decide on 
a set of icons, or just leave the option in if people prefer that.

Dan