Re: [kde-artists] User Icons

A Sexta, 11 de Novembro de 2011 14:23:50 Hugo Pereira Da Costa você escreveu:
> On 11/11/2011 03:20 PM, Hermann Thomas wrote:
> > Hi Hugo,
> > They don't need to be scalable. The other OSses have them in something
> > like 256x256. In the Win7 Loginscreen there is a little more space, so
> > they are shown a little bigger. They will never be shown in bigger sizes
> > than that.
> 
> Well, I was more thinking of other places than the login screen (e.g. in
> the startup menu, for instance) where the same icon could be used,
> either enlarged, or shrunk. In both cases, this has poor result if not
> in scalable format. (or you'd need to generate all sizes manually)
> 
> But I'm really no expert.
> 
> > Hermann


heraman no need to ask just submit and clean what we have licence LPGL is 
perfect, I know its wird for artwork bbut thats another story.
> > 
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> > 
> >> Datum: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:46:06 +0100
> >> Von: Hugo Pereira Da Costa<[email protected]>
> >> An: [email protected]
> >> Betreff: Re: [kde-artists] User Icons
> >> Personnaly I'd vote for yes, new user icons would be good (the kde ones,
> >> from the screenshot below, are indeed the one I find the most ugly).
> >> 
> >> The "picture" way looks good to me, unless someone has a better idea
> >> concerning a set that would fit "oxygen" better, which the current does
> >> not.
> >> 
> >> Does these icons *really* need to be scalable ? Are they actually scaled
> >> ?
> >> 
> >> Hugo
> >> 
> >>> Hi All,
> >>> every coupe of years I ask in this list if it is time to produce a nice
> >> 
> >> set of User Icons. I produced a Set years ago which wasn't perfect, but
> >> still better that whats there today and  at least it made a start . To
> >> understand better what I mean, I took a screen shot from all major
> >> Desktop OS and put it in my Wuala drive.
> >> 
> >>> https://www.wuala.com/hermann.thomas/Fotos/kde/?key=fM4NS4n2TeqL
> >>> 
> >>> Please look at the KDE, Gnome, Win, and MAC Icons. KDE is definitely
> >>> the
> >> 
> >> worst. The Pics from Gnome are also better, but seem a little stolen for
> >> me. I think I recognise the Space shuttle and Chess Figures from WinXP.
> >> 
> >>> Anyway I know a very good Photographer who is willing to share some
> >>> Pics
> >> 
> >> with the appropriate Licence. With the once I have I could produce a
> >> nice set.
> >> 
> >>> The thing is I only bother if there is a way to get rid of ALL old
> >> 
> >> icons. Yes Even the conductor icon for Root, and replace them with a
> >> complete new Set.
> >> 
> >>> Some Argument from the past where that there should be Vector Icons.
> >>> But
> >> 
> >> then why aren't all Wallpaper Vector Papers? Then someone said the old
> >> are nice and he likes them. Yes that might be true, but some people
> >> still like KDE2 and KDE has moved on.
> >> 
> >>> So please share some your thoughts and give feedback if it's worth the
> >> 
> >> effort, or If I should wait another few years again to write to this
> >> list.
> >> 
> >>> thanks,
> >>> Hermann
> >> 
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