I think GBR might be confusing since Gerber has 2 Rs, why not GRB, see what I mean? I know it's the file extension .gbr, but how many new people will figure it out easily? I think "Gerb" would be much better, besides, the older existing icons use LM2902-N, etc in the icon and that's still readable by me on 1080p with regular DPI, so Gerb would definitely fit.
I think 3-4 letters on the icons would definitely help, like Krisoffer suggested. On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 1:59 AM, Jeff Young <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to eeschema icon changes > > +1 to reverting libedit and modedit, but with no pencils > > +1 to no magnifying glass (the drill file, net and BOM icons all have > three letters on them; I’m sure GBR would fit on the gerber icon) > > I still think we need to change the project icon in the navigation to > something similar to the New Project icons (instead of the application > icon). > > Kudos to Oliver for spear-heading this. > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > > On 7 Jan 2018, at 08:32, Andrey Kuznetsov <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree, no pencils, no magnifying glass. > > By the way, anyone else thinks the .lib file icons in the navigation looks > weird? If it's meant to look like a few stacked books, why are they tilted > in weird directions? > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 12:26 AM, Simon Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> : >> >>> 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 < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 7 Jan 2018 05:04, "Chris Pavlina" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] >>>> > > <mailto:[email protected]>>: >>>> > > >>>> > > +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 >>>> > > > <[email protected] >>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 : [email protected] >>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> > > > 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 : [email protected] >>>> > > <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> > > 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 : [email protected] >>>> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future > Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the > future [JFK] > > [email protected] > Live Long and Prosper, > Andrey > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future [JFK] [email protected] Live Long and Prosper, Andrey
_______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
