[openbeos] Re: Tracker icons
- From: "Simon Taylor" <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:42:32 +0100 BST
> Stippi wrote:
>
> > The real workload of course is drawing quite a huge number of nice
> > icons.
> > We don't only need a talented person, but also a motivated person
> > who does
> > this for free.
>
> How this is done may not be clear yet, but that is HAS to be done is
> indisputable. Haiku absolutely HAS to have a consistent and
> comprehensive icon set that EVERY programmer needs to be bound to,
> otherwise the whole idea of having a graphical user interface
> (remember... icons are for easy recognition...) becomes obsolete.
> The SAVE icon on one app needs to be exactly the same as in another
> app, and for new features that require new icons, requests should be
> made to the CDT to develop a new icon that is consistent in its
> design with the other ones.
>
> This is one area where HAIKU can fail big time, but done properly
> can also gain big time, because all the other OS are turning more
> and more into an inconsistent mess - driven even further by the
> proliferation of themes, which make things even worse.
>
> Helmar
Amen to that.
There are some keen icon designers floating around in the CDT forums -
it seems like the right kind of time to give them a decent
specification for what is needed for R1.
Am I right in thinking:
-Full new icons set definately required
-Bitmaped icons, 32x32 and 16x16
-32 bit color
would be a reasonable thing to tell them?
Is there a list of standard OS icons anywhere? I suppose not. Quickres
on Tracker gives some, and obviously all the prefs and apps that ship
with R1 will need their own, but I imagine there are others that would
also be needed.
Simon
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