Echo icon coverage

[Diana Fong]

Luya Tshimbalanga wrote:
> Quoting Leo <sdl.web at gmail.com>:
>
>   
>> On 2007-02-06, Matthias Clasen said:
>>
>>     
>>> Echo(16): 92 of 95 GTK+ stock icons missing
>>> Echo(16): 221 of 266 icon-naming-spec icons missing
>>> Echo(24): 71 of 103 GTK+ stock icons missing
>>> Echo(24): 193 of 266 icon-naming-spec icons missing
>>> Echo(48): 0 of 5 GTK+ stock icons missing
>>> Echo(48): 88 of 266 icon-naming-spec icons missing
>>>       
>> Seems too little time for Fedora 7 to adopt Echo.
>>
>>     
>
> Let's do our best to complete some of them. Less talk, more action.
> Afterall, Tango got included by default on GNOME even though the entire set was
> not finished. Let's focus on essential icons.
>
> * I have almost completed the set of weather icons, uploading will be done soon
> *
>   

Yes, it does seem like a daunting task and with Matthias's numbers it 
might seem even more overwhelming.  However, these numbers answer such 
questions as: what is the current Echo status, which icons are needed 
for a "complete" set, and what needs to be worked on.  From the numbers 
it is clear that Echo's inclusion in the FC7's development cycle is for 
encouragement and feedback...that a final decision have not been made. 

What is a complete set...or complete enough set...to be included?  There 
are three major types of icon work to be done:
1) creating the obvious missing icons from the list (Many of the bits 
already exist in creating missing icons.)
2) creating the missing size variations of existing icons (Requires time 
in resizing and possibly simplifying the existing icons to look its best 
in smaller sizes).
3) fine-tuning (fixing) existing icons from bug reports. 
By focusing on these types of work, the numbers of missing icons will 
start to decrease and a reasonable set could possibly emerge in time for 
FC7.  These should be the current focus instead of 22x22 versions or KDE 
forks.  As the set becomes more complete, specific sizes and versions 
could be created.

Luya and Ben have been continuing Echo icon work and I will joining 
their efforts by resuming icon creation starting next week.  My personal 
plan is to start with modifications to the Mail Icons [1] and arrow 
icons.  Then based on Matthias's list, I will start to fill in the 
missing pieces.

In the meantime, I've posted an Echo Guide on the wiki [2] for any that 
might be interested.  I do plan to provide examples under the "Echo 
Icons in Grids" section at a later date.

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213259
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/EchoIconGuidelines

Diana
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