FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Icons, summery of past discussions

[Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>]

Hello Joachim and all,

thanks for this summary, it was probably quite daunting to wade through the 
mass of past mails on this subject. :-)

I would also like to express that I feel very honored that my set received 
the highest rating. Thanks everyone.

The "zuMi" and "McClintock" sets have also received a very high rating, on 
par with "Honey". So the conclusion I draw from that is that there is a 
strong preference for sticking close to the BeOS icons. Honey for me goes 
into the more naturalistic and also "modern" direction. So what I will try to 
do is to keep this in mind when designing new icons (and improving the 
existing ones). Also some people thought my icons were too "cartoony". So I 
will try to not go in that direction. I will also try to pick up some nice 
ideas from the other sets. For example, I will try to give more detail to the 
hard drive icon, and pick up on the image icon in the Alba set, which I think 
is nicer than the "purple splash of color on sheet of paper".

Overall, I must stress again, how happy I am about the contest, all the 
contributions, sets as well as help with the web page and input in 
discussions. I had no Internet connection for the past couple of weeks, but 
now I should be more responsive again. :-)

One last thing: Sorry about the not so smooth transition to the new vector 
icons in Haiku, I will try to iron out the bugs in the comming days.

Best regards,
-Stephan