Icons for Adium 1.4

[Peter Hosey]

On Sep 30, 2009, at 19:14:57, George Lambrou wrote:
> I heard that you needed some icons done for Adium 1.4, and I thought  
> I could use that as an opportunity to turn a hobby of mine into  
> something productive. I've included all of the icons listed on the  
> IconsNeeded page of your wiki (some in variations), as well as some  
> updated versions of icons currently found within Adium for your  
> consideration; any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Most of these look good. My comments:

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Allow, Deny: Allow looks a lot like a Deny icon to me. Maybe make the  
Deny icon the same as Allow, but with a dimmer (seemingly-unlit) red  
bit in the center.
	I'm also not clear on what Allow is for.
Authorize: I like the non-alternate version. The alternate version  
looks like Allow/Deny turned 90°.
Ignore: Could mean anything, and it's just a yellow version of “No  
User Level”, which is way too strong a visual relationship for two  
elements that have nothing to do with each other.

Block: Way too much shine. It's actually drowning out the checkmark.  
Background elements should not shout down foreground elements.

Default Client: Select among different Adiums? It might be better to  
make the two background icons generic application icons. Or, perhaps,  
a blue speech balloon on the left (evoking iChat) and a sea-green  
humanoid figure on the right (evoking MSN).

Notify: Obscure.
	How about Adiumy with a horn blaring at his head and an exclamation  
point over his head?

Message{, (Alt.)}, Mention{, (Alt.)}: On both of these, I like the  
alternate version better.
Message Alerts: The shadow is too big on both of these. I think we may  
want to stick with the strobe light.

No User Level: Could mean anything. I like the human figure better.
Voice (3): Good. Inherits the historical use of + to indicate voice.
	Some people may mistake it for a Christian shield, so we should  
probably consider this a temporary icon and switch to something  
completely different later.
Voice (1), (2): I don't know what these icons mean.
Voice (4): English-centric, so nix.
Op, Half-Op: Good.
Founder: Good concept, but this looks a bit too sunrise-like. Maybe  
simplify it to a circlet with only the center pointy bit.
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If you don't want to do any of the alternatives I've suggested, that's  
OK. Maybe someone else would like to take them on.

And, of course, constructive discussion of your submissions and these  
comments is welcome.