Re: [libreoffice-design] MimeType icons - template

Hi Björn, all,

Björn Balazs schrieb:
> Hi Christoph, all.
>
> just a quick comment: I really like the design - but the metaphor for
> templates is not convincing and does not work in small sizes. I would again
> like to bring in the idea of inverting the icon, which is as close to the
> mental model of a template (german: Schablone, Schema) as my mind brings me
> atm.

I tried to do a quick draft of what you suggested (it's quite quick and 
very dirty if you would have a look at the source), inverting the 
interior area of the template icons, but I kept the rip-off metaphor too:

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Writer_template_inverted.png

For reference the link to Christoph's icons:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7HzXZAAAGWFfgU0XzayU8Q?feat=directlink

We don't have much time left to create the icons, if they should be 
included in the final release of LibO 3.3.0, so we should define quite 
fast where to go.

I think both proposals have their advantages - the inverted icons look 
quite dark, but are easier to differ from the document icons.

I don't know if they really follow the general visual language of the 
other icons...

What do you think?

Best regards

Bernhard

(who starts working on the Draw document icon)

If anybody else would try his/her skills on the Master Doc (just put the 
symbols of four Writer icons or the full icons together on the main 
application icon), this would already help a lot!

--
Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+help@libreoffice.org
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/
*** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***