From kde-artists  Fri Jul 14 10:48:46 2006
From: Danny Allen <dannya40uk () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:48:46 +0000
To: kde-artists
Subject: Re: [kde-artists] Default colors in KDE4
Message-Id: <200607141148.46931.dannya40uk () yahoo ! co ! uk>
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Hi James,
A less well-known project of mine is the Primary iconset - perhaps this could 
be under consideration for a "theme that would be more modern but would still 
have good contrast and black outlines".

http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=39469

If you are put off by the more basic, bright colours, don't be - as soon as I 
finish colouring in all the icons, they can be changed via. a script to 
pastels, etc.

An advantage of the Primary set is one of completion - I have attempted to 
keep it in sync with the Monochrome set, so almost all of KDE is themed (a 
different situation than that of the present HiColor theme).

Not all icons are in colour, some are still mono as it is a work in progress.

I would enjoy feedback on this.

Thanks,
Danny


On Friday 14 July 2006 03:39, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Olaf Jan Schmidt wrote:
> > Hi James!
> >
> > Thanks for your detailed response.
> >
> > [ James Richard Tyrer ]
> >
> >> I have been complaining about a certain icon theme in regard to
> >> usability issues for some time.
> >
> > Did you test the monochrome icon theme of kdeaccessibility?
>
> I'm not quite that myopic.  KDEClassic is fine.  But the Crystal type
> icons don't have enough contrast to quickly recognize in 16x16 and 22x22
> sizes.  I am one of those that call them fuzzy colored blobs. :-)
>
> So, this is something to consider for usability.  The KDEClassic theme
> is a bit dated but it does have better contrast than some of the newer
> styles.  What I would like to see is a new HiColor theme that would be
> more modern but would still have good contrast and black outlines.
>
> Good luck with your project.

	
	
		
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