Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Can we replace "Floppy Disk"

Hi,

Just FYI, we now have people on the discuss list asking how the decision
was made, so can you confirm there was a new icon that was used in the
Tango category?

Thank you,

Charles.

2011/12/31 alexander.wilms <alexander.wilms@zoho.com>

> Hi all,
>
> since we want to avoid to use outdated hardware as a symbol we should
> exclude the icons displaying hard drives as well.
>
> Alex
>
> ---- On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:40:19 +0100 Stefan Knorr (Astron) &
> lt;heinzlesspam@googlemail.com&gt; wrote ----
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> On 31 December 2011 11:39, alexander.wilms &lt;alexander.wilms@zoho.com&gt;
> wrote:
> &gt; 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:
> &gt;
> &gt; 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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