[openbeos] Re: Icon Design Contest submission

Info wrote:

>An added feature I would like to see implemented would be run-off voting. 
>Personally, I like 2 or 3 sets, and it would be great to be able to cast a
weighted vote, such as your top 5.  This >would make the final vote much
more fair for both users and artists.
>Algorithms for run-off voting are not difficult, and you should be able to
find plenty of examples from google.
>Thoughts, anyone? 

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.

Stephan wrote:
>Axel thought my first proposal with the sentences was nicer than my second
proposal, but maybe these statements could >still be improved. Here there
are
>again:

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.)

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?

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?

Curtis

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