Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: MimeType icons - Impress

Hi Jaron and Ivan,

2011/1/12 Ivan M. <ivanm@patentpending.co.nz>

> Hi Jaron,
>
> Thanks for joining in this effort - it's much appreciated and it's
> great to have you on board!
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Jaron Kuppers <jaronbaron@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi again!
> >
> > Here is my Impress logo proposal.  I didn't have time to do the template
> or
> > high contrast; if people like the proposal I will try and do them
> tomorrow.
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/JaronBaron/LibreOffice#5561372493533331106
>
> The 'mountain' image really stands out on this icon because the colors
> are so different (on the Writer icon, the sky in the image went well
> with the overall blue of the icon, as did the green). So, for this
> icon, I would suggest something like a pie graph, or just getting rid
> of the image altogether (unless you can find an image design that
> works well with Impress's oranges/brown colors?)
>
> One more suggestion: I think the inner rounded rectangle frame could
> be taller (going upward) by another 8-10 pixels on the 128x128 icon.
> Christoph's Writer icon [1] is taller in this respect and it would be
> good to have consistency in the size of the icon's inner
> emblems/symbols.

+1 on both of these.
As for the symbol, how about just a title and a big pie chart, maybe a
descriptive line of text below it (as presentations really shouldn't have
much text, because reading occupies the same part of the brain as listening,
whereas purely visual information occupies a different part).

> Regards,
> Ivan.
>
> [1]
>
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