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

[From: Randall Arnold]

response below


> ----- Original message -----
> From: "Johannes Siipola" <joppu1 at gmail.com>
> To: maemo-community at maemo.org
> Subject: Re: Maemo CLI application icon (take 2)...
> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:17:04 -0800 (PST)
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> 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.
> >
> > -- http://samoff.com
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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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I just have to say:

WOW.

Very, very good ideas there, especially showing the various
characteristics.  I also had trouble reading the original "$" and it's
much clearer now.

Randall (Randy) Arnold
maemo.org community council
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