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

There is also another thing we should consider here: the amount of work 
required for developers to implement the changes we are proposing. I 
would say that creating another set of icons is more feasible in the 
short run while an overall change of the GUI is a long term objective.

But long story short: I would suggest to create a mock-up with the icons 
changed and after that to make more proposals with a different approach 
for GUI.

Mirek just got ahead of me we few minutes by providing a link to the 
Android Design Style Guide in a different thread, but I'll mention it 
here again together with OS X guideline and Windows UX Guidelines for 
those interested to take a look:

Android
https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design.html
https://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html

OS X
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/userexperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/Intro/Intro.html

Windows
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa511280.aspx

and a direct link
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/1/9/e191fd8c-bce8-4dba-a9d5-2d4e3f3ec1d3/UXGuide.pdf


Axel

On 18.02.2013 13:09, Michel Renon wrote:
> Le 18/02/2013 11:09, Michel Renon a écrit :
> > Le 18/02/2013 08:06, Emir Yâsin SARI a écrit :
> > > +1
> > >
> > > And monochrome icons are the ideal icon types for a possible "native"
> > > OS X interface. For that reason it would be logical to have a complete
> > > monochrome/flat icon set at hand.
> > >
> > > Emir
> >
> > (it's not a direct answer to you Emir, but to the whole thread)
> >
> > I would like to share some few reflexions about this subject :
> >
> > - the "flat/monochrome icons" subject is more about *usability* than
> > just aesthetic ; IMHO, it's a waste of time to just want to change icons
> > without a UI evolution.
>
> Here is a complement to avoid misinterpretation (my sentence was too
> short/compact) :
>
> I'm not against changes. I really expect them for LO !
> But we must make every UI change with usability first in mind.
>
> If we change icon set just to be able to say "we have new icons !",
> we'll just disturb existing users.
>
> There was some recent studies about icon. They can be used to provide
> and evolution of current icon set. And why not, to show/hide the most
> used one.
>
> Let's do user-testing on prototypes to be sure that any change will
> improve usability.
>
> Thanks,
> Michel


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