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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Will the icons be updated for KDE 3?
From:       Julien Olivier <julo () altern ! org>
Date:       2001-12-04 9:27:25
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Just an envelop. Simple, universal and clear.

Le Mardi 4 Décembre 2001 01:52, Vadim Plessky a écrit :
> 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
>
> :-)

-- 
Julien Olivier
 
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