Re: Icons [Re: bug in dia (windows 2000, dia Version 0.9)]

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Alan Horkan wrote:
> 
> On 31 Jan 2003, Lars Clausen wrote:
> 
>> > but when i am exporting to .shape files, it would save me quite a bit
>> > of effort if the background transparent not white.
>>
>> Actually, I've come to like having a colored background on the icons.
>> Put a pastel box behind the shape and export as PNG.  It also makes it
>> easier to adjust the size of the icon.
> 
> Keep in mind the usability dangers of colour coding (colour blindness,
> differnt colour perception, monitor not set to Full/High colour).
> beauty is in the eye the beholder.

The colors shouldn't be the only means of identification, merely a hint
that certain things belong logically together.

> I quite like having consistanly sized 22x22 icons.  I dont like how it
> looks if you the icons are not all of the same area.
> I had considered doing the icons of my next sheet at 36x36 (windows) or
> 48x48 (gnome) to allow more convenient reuse.

Oh, yeah, the icons should be the same size, but it makes it easier to
control the size of the 'picture' on it.  For instance, in the Logic
shapes, the Connecter and Not should not be 22x22 circles.  By making a
lightly colored background that defines the size, you can size the shape
itself the way you want it.

> Talk more later.
> Gotta go see a Samuel Beckett play.

Cool!

-Lars

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