From kde-artists  Wed May 08 19:38:58 2002
From: antialias <vukman () dbmail ! dk>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 19:38:58 +0000
To: kde-artists
Subject: Re: K-ARTIST:icons 0.7
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On Wednesday 08 May 2002 12:21 pm, you wrote:
> Hi KDE-artists,
>
> It seems some people noticed the new iKons 0.7 screenshot :o) It's stil=
l
> under heavy development, but I expect it to be finished in the very nea=
r
> future. The new icons make better use of alpha-blending.
>
> Some remarks:
>
> * The device icons use some parts of Everaldo's icons. These Crystal ic=
ons
> look nice, so I don't see the need to reinvent the wheel :o)
>

Of course you don't need to reinvent the wheel :) And I hope you understa=
nd my=20
reactions and don't get angry with me. I really hope so.

You know, and I wrote about it earlier, that we don't need troubles with =
other=20
private persons or companies which may be authors/owners of some artwork.=
=20
Artwork can be licenced. Although some icons are freely downloadable from=
=20
MacOSX and Windows icon-sites in the most cases they can't be freely=20
redistributed, changed or used in other projects without permission.

You also know that it was me that reacted when you released your iKons fo=
r the=20
first time. I reacted because devices icons were taken from MS WindowsXP.
Many people wanted your icon-theme to become a default icon-theme for KDE=
, and=20
your iKons were/are extremely popular.

I, personally, have always liked your folder icon, but not the rest of th=
e=20
theme. Reasons: devices icons were two dark and fuzzy, and mimetypes were=
=20
simply not good enough. I also think that your actions icons are excellen=
t.

Now I like your new device icon very, very much (I wrote about it: very n=
ice &=20
lighter grey palette you used), but IMHO you have to decide:
1. do you want to keep the main design which is mainly from MacOSX device=
s
2. do you want to combine it with everaldos elements (then 'crystalize' y=
ou=20
devices icon and give them a look & feel which matches 'crystal' elements=
)

I hope that you don't have bad feelings about these things I wrote about.=
 If=20
it looked unpleasant and harsh I apologize, I am impulsive person by natu=
re,=20
and I speak three languages at home, so english is not my first language =
and=20
my words can sound totally different in your ears.

And finally, as I wrote a few months ago, we need to cooperate more than =
we do=20
right now.

My next email will be in that direction. As you all now (and tackat wrote=
=20
about it) we need a new design for application icons. OK lets start: can =
you=20
Kristof and you Everaldo come with some ideas about the new Konqueror=20
application icon? I will propose a new design in my next email, and lets =
do=20
it together. All of us. Lets start with Konqueror, and then next applicat=
ion=20
icon and then next one etc.

Cheers,

antialias



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