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- the zip icons are fine.
- the chat icon won't be easily recognisable due to the amount of detail. I
wouldn't include a torso (so in other words, plagiarize Pac Man to the
fullest extent without breaching copyright or trademarks ;)).
- I would never have guessed that a green rectangle with a splash was
supposed to represent a psd (or any kind of graphics) file - at any size.

I realize that this is not the kind of feedback you're looking for (since
you're asking about the templates, in this case being the white page, a
representative icon and the mime type written as a subtitle), but I wanted
to share my thoughts on the need for clarity in the icons at lower sizes.


>
> I like the idea of the colored bottom portion where we can add the
> extension. (note: i am not content to do the freedesktop thing and have
> 1 icon represent a whole family of icons)
>

You mean that you want separate PSD, PNG, and JPG icons instead of one IMAGE
icon, for example? Sounds good. What you may want to consider, however, is
to keep the icons of these "families" related in representation. For
example, make the JPG and PNG icons identical except for the colouring of
the icon (or very small tweaks to the image at most).

Conn

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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"b=
order-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; paddin=
g-left: 1ex;">I&#39;d like others to throw up ideas to be used for our icon=
s. I&#39;ll start a<br>


page soon to collect them.<br>
<br>
 =A0 =A0* One idea: <a href=3D"http://dlanham.com/art/somadocs/preview.png"=
 target=3D"_blank">http://dlanham.com/art/somadocs/preview.png</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote><div><br>One thing that comes to mind is that these mimetypes =
(as do the rest of the icons) need to be clearly recognisable at lower size=
s.<br><br>From the examples: <br>- the zip icons are fine.<br>- the chat ic=
on won&#39;t be easily recognisable due to the amount of detail. I wouldn&#=
39;t include a torso (so in other words, plagiarize Pac Man to the fullest =
extent without breaching copyright or trademarks ;)).<br>

- I would never have guessed that a green rectangle with a splash was suppo=
sed to represent a psd (or any kind of graphics) file - at any size.<br><br=
>I realize that this is not the kind of feedback you&#39;re looking for (si=
nce you&#39;re asking about the templates, in this case being the white pag=
e, a representative icon and the mime type written as a subtitle), but I wa=
nted to share my thoughts on the need for clarity in the icons at lower siz=
es.<br>

=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px so=
lid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
I like the idea of the colored bottom portion where we can add the<br>
extension. (note: i am not content to do the freedesktop thing and have<br>
1 icon represent a whole family of icons)<br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>You mea=
n that you want separate PSD, PNG, and JPG icons instead of one IMAGE icon,=
 for example? Sounds good. What you may want to consider, however, is to ke=
ep the icons of these &quot;families&quot; related in representation. For e=
xample, make the JPG and PNG icons identical except for the colouring of th=
e icon (or very small tweaks to the image at most).<br>

=A0<br>Conn</div></div><br>

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