[scribus] Scribus Icons Contest 2011

[john Culleton]

On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:03:01 +0200
Craig Bradney <cbradney at scribus.info> wrote:

> On 10/8/11 3:40 AM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> > On 10/07/2011 07:11 PM, ale rimoldi wrote:
> >> Dear Scribus community,
> >>
> >> Many of you have probably noticed that the Scribus' icons set could
> >> need some care!
> >>
> >> If you are skilled in icons design and want to do a substantial
> >> contribution to the Scribus project, you're kindly invited to get
> >> your hands dirty and create a new icon theme.
> >>
> >> We ask you to submit a proposal with 10 to 30 icons in one single
> >> PNG file in the "Development>  UI" board in the Scribus forums
> >> (http://forums.scribus.net/index.php/board,22.0.html).
> >> You will probably want to add a description of your work.
> >>
> >> The deadline for submitting your proposal is October 31 2011.
> >>
> >>
> >> For questions and general comments, please reply to this email in
> >> the Scribus mailing list or to this post in the Scribus forums.
> >>
> > 
> > If I have any concerns about this, it's that there is at most a
> > vague sense of what is expected out of better icons or what
> > failings the icons have now that might be satisfied by something
> > new.
> > 
> > In addition, this is a rather tight deadline (now 24 days) for
> > this, and it also seems quite different than open source
> > development in general. It's as if we might expect one person or a
> > small group to propose the direction that Scribus version 1.7 might
> > go, given a few weeks, and they would be "awarded" the job of
> > making that version.
> 
> 
> There's a deadline for the competition.. not for the full set of
> icons. 10 icons.. in a few variants. More are welcome but not
> necessary.
> 
> Icons don't decide where Scribus goes, they show a user how to
> interact with Scribus.
> 
> 
> > Why does icon development need to be so different than software
> > development? Can it be more interactive, more collaborative? Can we
> > potentially say, "well, this icon works for me but this other one I
> > just don't get..."?
> 
> This is about a competition to choose a style, and an artist, or
> group of artists..
> 
> > I speak as someone who is not a graphic designer and will not be
> > submitting to this, but as someone who might have some opinions
> > about what looks good, suggests its meaning, and fits some sense of
> > advancement in the icon set. And I'm certainly willing to listen to
> > anyone else who has an opinion that they might be able to explain
> > to help me understand one kind of appearance versus another.
> 
> And the icon set will be commented on by many.. some will love them,
> some will dislike one or two.
> 
> We are also not saying that all existing icons must go - remember we
> chose Tango for a reason, however nobody has helped with icons for
> ages. Also.. this competition is about 1.5+..
> 
> Craig
> 
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IMO much ado about very little. One quickly memorizes what the icons
point to. Changing them will only have the effect of demanding that we
memorize anew which icon does what. 

I would rather see different icons for the different versions of Scribus itself. On my
button bar I have the official Scribus icon for 1.5.0 and a snail for
1.4.0RC6, in honor of the pace toward official recognition  of 1.4.0 as
stable  :<) 

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