[ubuntu-art] update-notifier icon

[Julian Turner]

Hi!

You're absolutely right about the exclamation mark - it's just visual
noise. But I found the gloss effect on your version doesn't make it
easier to recognise the arrows: it lessens contrast.
I did a quick gimp-up based on your work (I'm not a great vector artist,
so I imported your arrows into the GIMP), in the style of my Still Life
set:

48x48 px version:

http://members.inode.at/387112/update-48.png

24x24 px version:

http://members.inode.at/387112/update-24.png

The colours are from the Ubuntu palette.

Cheers,

Julian

Am Donnerstag, den 23.03.2006, 11:36 +0100 schrieb Manu Cornet:

> Since I switched to Ubuntu (hoary), I've always found that the
> update-notifier icon (red circle with arrows) was not very clear : the
> arrows are too thin (I actually needed a few weeks to realize they were
> arrows), and the green "!" gets in the way. I think the color red is
> enough of a warning without adding another "!" like "Upgrade now or
> you're gonna die within the minute !" :)
> 
> So I gave a try at designing a new icon, which I think blends better
> into the current theme (and also quite tango-like). Here is the SVG
> version :
> 
>         http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/update.svg
> 
> a large PNG version :
> 
>         http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/update_big.png
> 
> and a smaller (not optimized, it would probably need a little
> refinement) PNG, 24 pixels high (same as the default top panel) :
> 
>         http://www.manucornet.net/ubuntu/dev/update.png
> 
> What do you guys think ?
> 
> Cheers,
> Manu