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Icon (and visuals) Inconsistencies
by LJ on Sunday 03/Jun/2007, @23:08

Hey, just something I noticed when watching Aaron's videos. The centre of the clock has shine on the top, while the outside of the clock has shine on the top left. For consistency I think the Icons and visuals should be checked so that all shadows, and light sources are presented standard (from the same direction). Example, if the light source is in the top left, then the shiny part should be on the top left and the shadows on the bottom right. This should be preserved in all icons/visuals (all icons should have the light source from the same direction and present shadows accordingly).

Just a suggestion. Cheers.

LJ

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Re: Icon (and visuals) Inconsistencies
by eMPee on Monday 04/Jun/2007, @06:28

LJ that is a very valid point. In that context I quickly want to make another one, particularly about the new Oxygen icons. First of all, they mostly look real kewl and I am certain they will be perfect on release. Right now a huge problem I have with these though (as f.e. with the folder icon) is common to most if not all Oxygen icons: *MISSING CONTRAST*!!! There is no surrounding conture around them to clearly distinguish them from the pixel jungle they're supposed to live on. Look: http://davigno.oxygen-icons.org/?p=43
davigno has created some nice split view icons, and while I really like them, they are surely hard to see on a light background.
Maybe one solution would be to have all those icons include a proper conture and color that matching to the kde color scheme so enough contrast and consistent looks can be achieved? Not an easy issue here it seems...

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Re: Icon (and visuals) Inconsistencies
by Aaron Seigo on Monday 04/Jun/2007, @11:41

"The centre of the clock has shine on the top, while the outside of the clock has shine on the top left."

yep. that's why i pointed out that the artwork is not final, so people wouldn't get too concerned about it =)

btw, if you'd like to contribute a clock face, please don't hesitate! i'm getting tired of looking at that same clock day after day, especially since i'm often looking specifically at it ... details on the svg can be found here:

http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Plasma/Theme#Current_Theme_Elements

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Re: Icon (and visuals) Inconsistencies
by LJ on Tuesday 12/Jun/2007, @17:48

Cool, I leave for home in a week and will have about a week off. Will look into making a clock face then. Thanks for the link Aaron.

Cheers.

LJ

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