[Tango-artists] dialog-question and assorted other icons

[Simon Otter]

On Sat, 13 May 2006 10:33:23 +0200, Taliessin Penfound  
<tpenfound at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've had some free time to goof around in Inkscape recently, and I've  
> made a few icons that seem relevant to Tango in some capacity that I'd  
> like to hear comments on. A few of them are things I submitted earlier,  
> but attached to a reply regarding the existence of a Windows port  
> without any actual description, and only with 48x48 visible, and were  
> thusly ignored. This time around, I'll save the bandwidth of the mailing  
> list and point at a webpage instead:  
> http://darkt.net/tango_creations.html
>
> Mainly, I'd like People Who Know What They're Talking About to take a  
> look at my dialog-question icon; I think there ought to be different  
> icons in Tango base to be displayed when you're asking the GUI how it  
> wants things done versus when the GUI is asking you how you want  
> something done (Gnome and WinXP make heavy use of this metaphor in  
> dialogs). It's somewhat inspired by the dialog-question icon from  
> gperfection2, the branch decision flowchart symbol used in several CS  
> textbooks (too arcane?), and, of course, the current help-browser icon.  
> Even if the symbolism is lost on a user not familiar with flowcharting,  
> I think it's sufficiently differentiated in color and shape to be  
> recognizable. A good explanation of why there isn't one will shut me up,  
> though :)
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I think they are pretty good although "preferences-desktop-remote-console"  
isn't really all to convincing. The idea with a cord is good, but the  
jacket sits so high and it makes it a little bit unrecognizable in small  
sizes. Try putting the jacket in the middle left side of the globe.

The other ones are good, though I would want the dialog-question to be in  
some kind of blue or more vibrant colour. I also noticed that the <48px  
versions need better (darker) outlining. GJ anyway.

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