if the modedit/libedit icons are to be reverted then i believe the pencils should be removed, seeing as they were used to portray edit i believe but now that pcbnew/eeschema don’t have them they just seem odd
> On 7/01/2018, at 2:28 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > <mailto: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: > > > <Selection_010.png> > > > <Selection_009.png> > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Oliver Walters > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > On 7 Jan 2018 05:04, "Chris Pavlina" <pavlina.ch...@gmail.com > <mailto: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> > > > <mailto: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> > > > > <mailto: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/~kicad-developers> > > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers > > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers>> > > > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers > > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers>> > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers>> > > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers>> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-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
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