[openbeos] Re: Icon Artwork

> > François wrote:
> > >Ideally there would be a set of matching images for use in 
> > > toolbars, 
> > > so 
> > >when changing the icon set the toolbars would change 
> > > accordingly...
> > 
> > I agree there should be a set of basic icons that a programmer can 
> > use in
> > toolbars.  
> > Whether the application uses them or allows changing and/or 
> > scalability of
> > the icons will still depend on the application programmer.  
> > Suggested
> > guidelines would be only thing that could be done.  I believe 
> > Darkwyrm is
> > working on UI guidelines in between his other projects.
> > 
> > Curtis
> Sure am. I haven't done much with specifications for icons, though. 
> Having standardized toolbar icons for common functions is an 
> excellent 
> idea. The only possible downside is that it would force a particular 
> look for toolbar buttons -- I don't know if that is a good thing or 
> not. Thoughts, anyone else?
> 

One thing that BeOS had over some other OS for some time was gui 
consistency...

François.

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