Re: [libreoffice-design] Tango Icons

Hi Stefan,

On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 10:40 +0200, Stefan Knorr (Astron) wrote:
> > I figured out
> > that the folder icons in our Tango theme are greyish while the ones from
> > the official Tango project are blue.
>
> That's a misconception. Tango is an icon style, not an icon set. The
> "official" set is a bit of a proof of concept, with extra-liberal
> licensing applied so everyone can use it. Other Tango sets include for
> instance, the Gnome 2 and Gnome 3 icon sets, as well as sets like
> Tangerine etc.

Oh ok... than the grey folders are OK to me... the only problem is when
one wants to add a new folder type within that theme.

> It's worth noting that the "official" set, much like the set we
> inherited from Ooo, is currently unmaintained.

Not really good news...

> Nevertheless, the grey (Tango, indeed) icons we currently ship look a
> bit drab. So, yes, do go ahead and replace them.
> I had (together with Alexander Wilms) a stab at our folder icons some
> time earlier (you can see that work in the start center and the
> toolbar Open icon), but I guess the icon just always turned out far
> too dark. In any case, I wouldn't mind seeing it replaced by the
> superior "official" set.

Well, I'm not really an artist, I'ld love to leave that rework to
someone else for choosing the right icon set to use then.

FYI I added some icon with that commit for the file picker:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=9d499f5f9edd01cf5c4dbb2bc7625b3c5d10757a

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Cedric


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