[ubuntu-art] humanity panel icons

[David Callé]

2009/11/12 Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com>

>
> On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:47 PM, mac_v wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 15:00 -0500, Saleel Velankar wrote:
> >>
> >>         We are currently waiting for the code to allow for separate
> >>         panel icons.
> >>
> >>  I suppose this will be useful for breathe as well.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>         Also , there is the issue of one too many...
> >>
> >>         Which icons do we really want in greyscale...? Do we really
> >>         want all
> >>         icons monochrome...?
> >>
> >>
> >> Apps in greyscale, system icons in monochrome. Actually it might be
> >> nice, to look at modifications people make for the macosx bar,
> >> because
> >> this is essentially the same problem.
> >
> > IMO , We can rather just keep the system icons monochrome and use
> > runtime desaturation of the other icons. That way it would be
> > easier and
> > no need to do icons for all apps.
> > Since how many ever icon we do  , there will always be some app
> > which we
> > cannot cover
>
> There are 80 apps in main and universe that put icons in the panel.
> We are looking into defining exactly which icons are used and how
> they need to be treated. My first attempt will be to use imagemagick
> to re-color these icons monochrome (with slight use of color for some
> icons).
>
>
Hi,
as I'm thrilled to see a lot of Humantiy related icons being uploaded on
gnome-look, I don't think that systematically greying apps icons is a good
way to keep a consistent panel. I like to think my panel as a quiet spot for
minimalist information, not the place where icons are just grey.


> We'll work on creating a design spec, getting it signed off and out
> into the public asap.
>

Nice.


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