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Re: [trinity-devel] R14 Artwork.

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:15:12 -0600
>> > 3) Icons - I think we are OK with these. Some icons may need to be
>> > looked over in our crystal svg set. I want to maximize visual
>> > efficiency of our icons. Some may be unclear or hard to see at
>> > different sizes. This should be lo
>> I think Crystal Project icons
>> (http://www.everaldo.com/crystal/?action=preview) could be a good theme
>> to add. It is designed by Everaldo Coehlo (as is Crystal SVG) and I
>> think of it as an improved Crystal SVG, without the cartoonish/XPish
>> look of the latter.
>>
>
> These are quite bad for desktop use, IMHO. Crystal SVG is cartoonish but
> it's icons have a low amount of detail, which are nice at all sizes and
> readable, symbolic in a way. Just look at the home and Firefox icons in
> Crystal Project: way too much bling causes too much "visual noise" in
> someting that sould be merely symbolic of it's function.
>
> Best regards,
> Tiago

Agreed.  Those icons are a perfect example of what NOT to do in an icon
set, and as an added "bonus" they remind me of the rather bad Windows
Vista icon set.

Tim