[Tango-artists] Updating the folder icons in gnome-icon-theme

Sebastian Kraft kraft.sebastian at googlemail.com
Sun Jul 1 07:53:21 PDT 2007


Am Sonntag, den 01.07.2007, 16:32 +0200 schrieb Jaap Haitsma:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently the folder icons in gnome-icon theme are kind of green
> grayish. I guess it's (almost) the same color as before gnome icon
> theme got tangofied. I think updating their color or maybe also their
> shape would be nice for two reasons
> 
> 1. IMO the current color does not really fit with the colors of the
> other icons. The color seems also not to be part of the tango palette
> [1]
> 
> 2. Now that almost all icons in the GNOME desktop have been
> refreshed/tangofied, I think it would be nice if GNOME 2.20 also would
> have fresh folder icons. IMO the change of color of the folder icons
> are a very visible to the user because they are used everywhere. So
> this change would give GNOME 2.20 a new fresh look
> 
> Thanks for all your hard work on the icons,
> 
> Jaap
> 
> [1] http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines
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it's a matter of taste, IMO. i think the folders integrate well into the
whole gnome theme, because they are not that intrusive to the eyes. :)

cheers,

Sebastian



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