Hi Kevin and Samer， Thanks for the explorations and contributions. The icons looks great! I love them!
I prefer the flat ones which are not have gulls because they looks simple and clear. But I also agree with Kevin that we should explore the icons with and without the gulls. I suggest we can have the different size for these icons, for example 16pixel/24pixel/32pixel. So that have a preview at small size. 2013/7/8 Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> > Another option would be to ditch the single gull and have a flat orb in > the upper left corner, in its original colors. The desktop icons might need > to be toned down a bit to not clash. Likewise for the document icons, > which don't scale well with those gradients. (Also, when did "OpenOffice" > get two tones. Was I sleeping?) > > This works to indicate that Apache OpenOffice is the associated > application. It also works when there are other decorations, such as a > lock or signature security indicator, other indicators that tend to be > overlain on the lower left corner. > > Some do it differently, especially for large icons associated with > documents. The format may be identified in the upper left (e.g., "PDF") > and the associated application is indicated in the main symbol (Acrobat > Reader). Microsoft uses generic icons for word-processing, spreadsheet, > presentation, e-mail applications, etc. There is then a single-letter > badge that indicates the application when it is a Microsoft associated > format. For Apache OpenOffice having the orb as a badge on each of our > designs serves a similar purpose. > > > It occurs to me that the page surround is not needed. The larger versions > of the inscribed symbol can be used on its own, with the orb in the corner > of those. They might be borderless then, apart from the shape of the > central symbol, and the page curl could go away. (Whether a simple > document-page surround is used on large icons, such as 64-bit ones, is a > different matter. That option remains.) > > The difference between a template and the document icon is pretty subtle. > I get the tear-off from a pad of paper, but only because that is the only > way I can explain it to myself. With uninscribed icons (other than the > colored framing of the different symbols), maybe the difference is for the > template graphics to be with dotted or dashed lines rather than solid. > Just grasping at straws here. > > - Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Grignon [mailto:kevingrignon...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 06:43 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: dev > Subject: Re: [UX][DESIGN EXPLORATION] - flat application icons > > I think we should explore the icons with and without the gulls. > > Let's see what the feasible options look like before we drive towards a > single solution. > > Kevin > > On Jul 7, 2013, at 5:09 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 7 July 2013 22:56, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> Samer Mansour wrote: > >> > >>> I've thrown my icon set up again if you are interested in using it or > >>> altering it, let me know. > >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/** > >>> AOO4+-+Desktop+Icons< > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4+-+Desktop+Icons> > >> > >> They are quite nice, and they fit well with the flat orb. > >> > >> I would keep the gull(s) since this is a distinctive feature of > >> OpenOffice. I'm not sure about the black outline in the last row icons > >> (those suggested for templates), it seems a bit cluttered. > > > > The gulls should be like the orb, and not reduced to a single gull. That > > way the gulls becomes the theme that follow our product throughout. > > > > I like the icons as such. > > > > rgds > > jan I. > > > > > >> Regards, > >> Andrea. > >> > >> > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org< > dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Best regards, Xin Li 李欣 UX designer
