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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Will the icons be updated for KDE 3?
From:       Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples () mtu-net ! ru>
Date:       2001-12-03 21:57:25
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On Monday 03 December 2001 20:37, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
|   On Monday 03 December 2001 21:34, Vadim Plessky wrote:
|   > On Sunday 02 December 2001 21:27, Chris January wrote:
|   > |   A friend of mine, used to Linux, Gnome and Enlightenment, was using
|   > | my desktop the other day. They were trying to launch a web browser
|   > | and they were going through each of the icons in turn. After
|   > | examining each one, she chose Konqeuror's icon (obviously something
|   > | right there). But she made a comment to the effect, "what's the big
|   > | orange E for?". So - to get to my
|   >
|   > What's the problem with "big orange E"?
|   > I like it.
|   > Would you prefer to have it *smaller*, or in other color (Blue, Lime,
|   > etc.)?
|
|   Most of all it is really ugly. I was really proud of the (default)
|   beautyfull KDE when I installed it at my university, but once I had
| compiled kdenetworks. I really hated the kmail icon as an eyesore,
| allthough it had never bothered my on my home machine. (it had always just
| been there)

ok, it seems I am the only man here who likes KMail icon ;-)
|
|   I dont like the help icon either, but more becouse it smells of
|   beta-software "in case of emegency".
|
|   So I wish for chrismas... and KDE3 ;-) :
|   Something more question-like for help, and something prettier for kmail.
|
|   (I've looked at the iKons, and while nice there's still not a good
| solution for these two.)
|

ok, let's be constructive.
_How_ do you want KMail's icon to be looking?

*There is very clear icon for PostBox in Solaris/SunOS (Postbox, in 
"american" style; may be this just pure X icon but I associate it with 
Solaris...) but, for example, we (in Russia) have Postboxes looking very much 
different.
* May be we can take a look at real postboxes in different countries and 
design icon(s) resembling those? Any pictures how such P.B. looks like in 
Germany, France, UK? (probably they are different)
I think stamp (which postoffice puts on envelope) itself is also quite 
descriptive (but I think we should keep it for "send mail" button).  
* Postman? (postwoman?)  but we need to understand than how we can reduce him 
to 32x32 size ;-))
* Dog with letter/envelope in teeth? (ah I know my wife will choose this one 
:-)

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