Hi everyone,
On 31 December 2011 11:39, alexander.wilms <alexander.wilms@zoho.com> wrote:
The designers of the Linux distribution elementary OS had the same discussion some time ago and
they came up with a document icon with an arrow that points to the bottom:
http://s1.directupload.net/file/d/2755/7zq47tgh_png.htm
We also have the following variations:
Gnome 3 (almost Tango):
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-icon-theme/plain/gnome/256x256/actions/document-save.png
(large size for toolbar:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-icon-theme/plain/gnome/24x24/actions/document-save.png
)
Upstream Tango:
http://web.archive.org/web/20081112055133im_/http://tango.freedesktop.org/images/2/20/Tango-feet.png
(For the smaller icons, see the ~middle of the second row, for the
larger icons see the icons near the end of the second row.)
Ubuntu/Human (-ity) (not Tango, but designed to be about compatible):
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D1EpnOVJuA8/TPUebzxfoqI/AAAAAAAADTw/K7fm7gzEGEQ/s1600/abiword01.png
(third icon).
* Of the three variation, the Gnome icon is actually my favourite,
because it has a bit of depth and (I think) communicates the idea of
storing best. Sadly, we can't directly import it, because it's
LGPL3/CC-BY-SA only.
* We could import the upstream Tango icon (it's public domain), but it
doesn't have much depth and the fact that the white-ish thing in there
is actually a hard drive doesn't come across very well.
* Ubuntu's icon does have a better rendering of the hard disk, but is
LGPL only, and not a Tango icon. (Gnome 2's Tango theme had a very
similar icon – green, not orange arrow, slightly different drive – but
that probably had the same license as their current icon.)
* Lastly, the Elementary icon is, I believe, pretty bad at
communicating anything. Even its elegance can't really make up for
this. I haven't researched the license, but it's probably LGPL as
well..?
These are opinions only, so feel free to disagree. If anyone wants to
work on this, you're welcome to do so.
Astron.
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