Icons for Adium 1.4

[Jordan]

Comments on the comments:

> 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.
Allow perhaps could just have a green stripe in the middle, or for
consistency, a green circle with a grey stripe (like deny). I also
don't know what it's for, but I assume it was requested on the wiki?

> Authorize: I like the non-alternate version. The alternate version looks
> like Allow/Deny turned 90°.

I agree.

> 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.

Since I don't know what "No User Level" refers to, I have no comment.

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

Agree on the shine - it seems to shine way more than the other icons.

> 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).

I kinda like what George did here, though I wouldn't object to seeing
and comparing it with something like Boredzo's suggestion.

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

Not just obscure, but scary ;)

> Message{, (Alt.)}, Mention{, (Alt.)}: On both of these, I like the alternate
> version better.

Agree.

> Message Alerts: The shadow is too big on both of these. I think we may want
> to stick with the strobe light.

On the other hand an exclamation point is something I always
attributed to mean "alert" so perhaps it is better here. Not sure I
like the yellow - perhaps we should stick with white like the other
icons? If any colour, orange is often a nicer contrast with blue than
yellow.

> No User Level: Could mean anything. I like the human figure better.

As before, not sure what that's for.

> 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.

I didn't realize the plus was an indication of voice. This is true,
the combination of the + and a shield could imply a Christian shield.

> Voice (1), (2): I don't know what these icons mean.

I actually really like (1) and took it to mean something like a voice
broadcast / wave.

> 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.

I didn't see sunrise here, but it seems a bit complex compared to the
rest of them.

Cheers,

Jordan