I have been intending to revert the annotate icon in eeschema to the old one, which made much more sense to me thatn the current one.
2018-01-07 1:24 GMT+01:00 Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>: > I have attached a patchset which performs the following: > > 1. Revert libedit icon to previous version > 2. Revert modedit icon to previous version > 3. Updates pcbnew icon to look more like a PCB > 4. Update colors of eeschema icon > 5. Various (almost imperceptible) tweaks to a number of icons to fix > graphic alignment issues > > Here is a screenshot of the updated icons: > > > [image: Inline image 2] > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Oliver Walters < > oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 7 Jan 2018 05:04, "Chris Pavlina" <pavlina.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I wish we had something resembling a policy for icons. It seems like >> someone always wants to change them. We had decent icons for these >> _before_, and then someone submitted new ones, and they were accepted >> because... I don't know? Many of the new icons are really ambiguous and >> kind of useless. Shouldn't have been merged. >> >> >> This is why I'm pushing for *a* change and not *my* change, I remember >> how the argument went last time, before they were silently merged. >> >> I also note that there is a lack of consistency between similar icons. >> e.g. there are many icons which incorporate an arrow but the style/shape of >> the arrows varies. >> >> For the record, I like these proposed ones. They bring back the ability >> to recognize them at a glance. >> >> On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 05:52:49PM +0000, kristoffer Ödmark wrote: >> > I would love to see improved icons, I still never get used to them so i >> read >> > the tooltip, newer know which one is pcb and which one is module editor. >> > >> > Luckily most of the time I only need to double click the kicad_pcb file >> > anyway :) >> > >> > >> > On 2018-01-06 15:08, Nick Østergaard wrote: >> > > 2018-01-06 14:15 GMT+01:00 Jeff Young <j...@rokeby.ie >> > > <mailto:j...@rokeby.ie>>: >> > > >> > > +1 >> > > >> > > And I like Oliver’s proposed icons. I’d suggest two further >> > > changes though: >> > > >> > > 1) The schematic icon (which Oliver didn’t change) should really >> > > use the default colours (dark red symbols, green wires). Then >> > > there’s a stronger tie-in with the libedit icon. >> > > >> > > 2) I think I’d drop the dimensions from the modedit icon, and >> > > change the pad colour to the default (yellow). >> > > >> > > >> > > The default pad color is not yellow, that is only what you see for THT >> > > pads. Default pad color is green for bottom and red for top copper >> > > >> > > >> > > 3) Projects should use the current New Project icon, rather than >> > > the application icon. >> > > >> > > >> > > I have considered to submit a patch for this for some time, but I >> guess >> > > it is an appropiate time to do this with a major version bump. >> > > >> > > >> > > 4) Both the New Project and New Project from Template icons should >> > > get yellow “new” star. >> > > >> > > 5) New Footprint in modedit also needs the star, and the star on >> > > New Symbol in libedit made more prominent. >> > > >> > > Cheers, >> > > Jeff. >> > > >> > > >> > > > On 6 Jan 2018, at 12:30, Oliver Walters >> > > > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com >> > > > <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > I think there is a need to tweak the libedit and modedit icons, >> > > > as identified below: >> > > > >> > > > <Selection_006.png> >> > > > >> > > > <Selection_007.png> >> > > > >> > > > 1. The blue 'textured' background is out of place with the other >> > > > icons >> > > > 2. They are very cluttered and hard to read >> > > > 3. Weirdly specific callout of dimensions and part names (out of >> > > > character with other icons) >> > > > >> > > > Further, I think that the pcbnew icon could be adjusted slightly >> > > > to make it look a bit more like a PCB >> > > > >> > > > Even as someone who uses KiCad on a regular basis I find myself >> > > > double checking which icon I am about to click on (and still >> > > > getting it wrong half of the time). >> > > > >> > > > Below is a /**suggestion**/ of some improvements. I am not >> trying >> > > > to back my own horse here, I'd be happy for anyone else to >> > > > suggest a better design for any of these. But I feel that >> > > > changing these icons would be a good improvement to make before >> > > > the v5 release. There have been many people complaining about >> > > > these icons in particular, both here and on the user forums. >> > > > >> > > > <Selection_008.png> >> > > > >> > > > Is this a worthwhile endeavor, or are people attached to the >> > > > weird blue icons? >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >> > > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >> > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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