Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: New icon set

I've actually got ideas for what I think would make a good lineup of
icon sets in the future:

1. Something like the current Gnome icons. They recently dropped their
Tango ones on 2.30 and these new ones are rather interesting.
2. Something Metro-like. This could satisfy a need for more
"plain/monochrome" icons for high/low contrast users, may also fit in
well on the Android version too, and give us a good "native" look for
Windows 8 users
3. Something bright and colorful for Windows XP/KDE/etc.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Kévin PEIGNOT
<peignot.kevin@kpeignot.fr> wrote:
> Hi Mirek, great to read you. Hi all(again)
> 2012/2/22 Mirek M. <mazelm@gmail.com>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > If we are to make an icon set, I would prefer it to be designed from
> > scratch. I don't think we can achieve good quality by transforming the
> > Tango icon set or the High Contrast Galaxy set (frankly, it's much harder
> > for me to decipher the icons from the HC than the standard icon set).
> I tried from high contrast (see my last mail), I think we could achieve
> good quality. But, for sure, not the best one for most of the icons.
>
> > I was thinking we could begin with a simple icon set for Android. We'd
> > probably need to make this set anyway, as LibO would look really
> > out-of-place on Android if it shipped with Tango icons. And the initial
> > plans for the Android port are to make a high-fidelity document viewer, so
> > we won't have to make many icons initially. As the Android port develops,
> > the icon set would grow, and when it grew big enough, it would be suitable
> > for the desktop version.
> I am totally in. Anyway, we will have to design a monochrom icon set. So
> it's good making android viewer one first, and to see, then, whether it can
> adapt to desktop, because it follow TDF plans and it permit a first
> feedback on the icons.
>
> > As for active vs. disabled icons, Android has
> > guidelines<http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html>for
> > this: 30% opacity for disabled icons, light or dark.
> >
> > To truly achieve good quality, though, we need someone experienced to
> > coordinate the project. Nobody's raised their hand so far -- perhaps we
> > should ask some prominent open-source icon designers ourselves or raise
> > money on KickStarter if nobody was willing to help with this for free.
> Do someone know one of them ? Steva ? (from Sun) ? I'm in for the
> kickstarter project, for sure, but I hope we could make without it.
>
> > P.S. Also take a look at Adobe Buzzword's icons:
> >
> > http://www.writerstechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/buzzword-screenshot.png
> > Quite
> > beautiful.
> >
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