[maemo-community] Maemo CLI application icon (take 2)...

[From: Johannes Siipola]

timsamoff wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've updated the proposed CLI icon/badge and posted them here:
> 
> http://samoff.com/random/maemo/term_icon/
> 
> You should also notice that there's an Application Manager sample of how 
> the icon might be used as a badge over other, pre-existing icons.
> 
> Feedback, as usual, is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
> 
> P.S. I know that Graham wanted this to go to the -developers list, but I 
> remember others wanting the discussion to stay here. Please let me know 
> where it should go and I will forward and continue the discussion there.
> 
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Well, I think the icon is pretty good and I really like the jigsaw puzzle
metaphor of it, but the icon itself doesn't really seem to fit really well
with the rest of the Fremantle User Interface. This is mainly due to color
usage of your icon. Also I think the icon is a bit vague since the $_ isn't
clearly visible (at least to me). I took the liberty of mocking up my own
proposal which you can see in action here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/805039/maemo/cli_mockup.png
It's simplistic and takes only a small portion of the icon and the the
terminal-look of it is clearly emphasized. I have the SVG source for both
the "badge" version and the "icon version", which is simply the badge with
the standard blue square icon underneath. So if anyone likes it I can
provide the source images. I thought this would preserve the uniform look of
the Application manager.
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