Bluecurve icons for OpenOffice.org

[Marky Goldstein]

Hi Garrett,

I understand, no problem.

Anyway, by the way... opinions can be measured... setup a
database of those 5000 icons and get a voting system up
and running ;-> it is competition that make improvements
go faster...

Anyway, I would be interested how these 5000 icons and
images are categorised... how would you categorise those
5000 icons?

Best regards,
Marky

PS: Actually I do not understand that RedHat is not giving
our lead gfx designer more people to do the job. Come on
RedHat, we are paying for your subscription services... and
I would like to get a real nice desktop edition... shall we put
up the money on fedora?



Troy Dawson wrote:

> Garrett LeSage wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 10, 2004, at 4:43 AM, Marky Goldstein wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Garett,
>>>
>>> This is not meant to be negative, but feedback.
>>>
>>> I think the general look should be a bit smoother
>>> and more polished and more elegant. The icons look
>>> a bit like there is not enough time spent on them...
>>> Get the guy who gives you the budget to have more
>>> designers sit down and choose the best. Be a director ;->.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Marky, in an ideal world, it would be nice to have unlimited 
>> resources, time, and people to help out with icons.  In the real 
>> world, there are around 5,000 icons (and growing) to keep track of 
>> and I'm the only one in the company to do it, so it's a daunting 
>> task.  Icon work is only part of what I do too.
>>
>> When I was working through different styles nearly two years ago, I 
>> bounced it around with several people at the company, and our icon 
>> theme is based off of the style I presented that people liked the 
>> most, along with revisions over time.
>>
>> Please also understand that no matter what style anyone comes up 
>> with, there will always be at least a few people who would prefer 
>> something else.  Liking something from an aesthetic point of view is 
>> subject to opinion, and opinions vary.  A very large number of people 
>> throughout the years have expressed that they really like the icon 
>> style.  You are among one of the few who has said anything 
>> otherwise.  Of course, you are entitled to your opinion.
>>
>> I try to do the best with the resources and direction given and work 
>> hard doing it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Garrett
>>
>>
> Wow, that was a very diplomatic answer. :)
> Just so you know, I, and the vast majority of my users, really like 
> your icons, and having them in the OpenOffice package will really help 
> the continuity.  So I have to say, your icons for OO look really good 
> so far.
>
> Now jumping to the other side of the fence (and you've probrubly 
> already thought of this).  It's always good to have an icon/theme 
> change about every 3 or 4 years.  It keeps the product looking fresh.  
> I would make plans to start the process next year.  If you don't start 
> plans now, then by next year it will take all year to get the ball 
> rolling.
>
> Once again, I think your icon/theme sets are very good and I like 
> them, I'm just saying that because no matter how good an icon set it, 
> eventually it get's stale.
>
> Troy Dawson