Re: [libreoffice-design] RE: What Happened to the Flat Icon Set

A flatter icon set could look good on Windows 8 too, primarily because of
the generally flatter look everywhere. But don't make things too flat and
boring: remember when everyone complained about how Visual Studio 2012
looked in early builds before they changed the monochrome icons to subtle
colored ones?

-Shawn


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Issa Alkurtass <ialkurtass@kacst.edu.sa>wrote:

> Hi Mirek,
>
> Mirek M. wrote on Monday, February 11, 2013 3:44 AM:
> > Hi Issa,
> >
> >
> > Given that this is a community-run project, it's a bit of both. We're
> working on a new icon set, but one based >on the Gnome icon theme. If you'd
> like to help with that, tell us in a reply (and perhaps tag Alex Wilms in
> the >message, as he's the one who's working on it).
> > However, a flat icon set might come in handy, either for future use in
> our Android port or as an optional icon >pack users could switch to, so
> you're welcome to take that project and lead it. You could use Gnome's
> > symbolic icons as a basis (more appropriate for the desktop version) [1]
> and probably Android ones as well, >though I don't know what the license is
> on those. And if you'd like to use our social networks to get the word
> > out, just tell us.
> >
> > [1] http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-icon-theme-symbolic/
>
> I was kinda hoping the flat icons would be the new defaults :(
>
> I could possibly help with the new icons. Is there a sample I can see
> anywhere?
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