[openbeos] Re: Icon Design Contest
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:19:25 +0200 CEST
Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Here is my suggestion for the categories. Rating would be 0 to 4
> points?
>
> * I could work all day without my eyes hurting, even if I set the
> icons to
> medium or small size.
>
> * If I sit in a train, the person next to me is going to admire my
> desktop
> because of those icons.
>
> * When I run Haiku the first time, these icons will give me a warm
> welcome
> feeling.
>
> * Even after an uptime of 2 years, I don't long for a change of
> icons.
>
> * I think I could easily recognize the meaning of any icon following
> this
> design.
>
> * My Desktop is not going to have performance issues because of those
> icons.
>
> * With these icons, I can sway in my BeOS nostalgica, but still have
> a
> modern looking desktop.
I like those questions, though :-)
> Well... I realize those categories are biased towards what I find
> important... maybe more generic:
>
> * Crispness
> - Colors
> - Contrast
> - Sharpness at low resolution
>
> * Reconizability
> - Flexible Design allows for wide variaty
> - Ok at low resolution
>
> * Performance
> - Complexity/Efficiency
>
> * Coolness
> - Stylishness/Admireability
> - BeOS heritage
>
> * Cuteness
> - Feeling of Welcomeness
Those aren't wrong either, although some of them differ a lot depending
on the actual icon size.
I think we can probably evaluate the objective properties ourselves,
anyway - what's important is the actual impression the icons leave, and
that's definitely not (completely) objective, and thus, IMO, the above
questions are the right way to go.
Bye,
Axel.
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