[openbeos] Re: Icon Design Contest submission

Hi,

> This is why I'd rather see a rating system.  Perhaps an overall design
> rating can then be calculated since it appears we must pick a "winner".
> Ultimately this should be less about picking a winner, then deciding on what
> the Haiku Icons should look like.  This is why submitting already existing
> sets is allowed.  As it is now, I see certain icons I like in one set and
> others from other sets.

Something on "winner"... it isn't clear at all wether the contest will have 
/one/ winner. The purpose is more that of brain storming. It might very well 
happen that we take one set that most people liked and add a design property 
from another set which many people liked as well (if possible).

> If we go with the sentences, I would perhaps like to see one something like
> this:
> 
> I feel these icons represent the unique and distinctive nature of the Haiku
> OS (they feel Haiku-centric).
> 
> (I need to credit Charlie for the term Haiku-centric.)

Hm. What "exactly" is that nature? I mean, this is going to mean different 
things to different people, no? If that is ok, then go ahead with adding this 
sentence... :-)

> To set up a set of guidelines, we need to answer several questions, which
> might be better done with categories.
> As an example, here are few that need to be answered:
> What colors (color scheme) should be used?
> What perspective should we use? Do we also use the same perspective on the
> toolbar icons?
> Is black outline necessary?
> Do we add a shadow to the icons?
> When and where should gradients be used?

I'm not sure what you mean here. Are you saying "These are the questions 
which need to be answered after the contest, and so we should prepare the 
rating to support these later."?

> Another interesting discussion on the forums was about the symbol for
> preferences:
> Should we stick with the tick mark, use a slider (reference Stippi's set), a
> spanner (reference Dropline Neu), or something different?

I have done a couple of improvements to my set, among them that I switched to 
the spanner. It has the clearest silhouette and the association to "tweaking 
something" is very strong. I'll send my new icons as soon as I have worked 
some more on the Trash icon.

Best regards,
-Stephan

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