Leopard-Ready Filetype Icons (Ticket #9392)

Thu Oct 7 03:17:31 UTC 2010

On Oct 6, 10, at 8.45 pm, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:

> George,
> 
> About 1/3 of our users are running Adium in a language other than English, so I think we should try to avoid English words in the icons.

Perfectly understandable; I wasn't entirely sure about putting the words on in the first place, for this reason. I've removed them from the Contact List Layout and Menu Bar icons, and plan to get to the rest later. The larger sizes of the layout icon seem a bit empty to me, now; is there anything else I should/could add to it?

> I like the new menu bar icon (sans words, shifted and resized appropriately).

I didn't change the large sizes (i did move them to better balance the page, though). The 32px size has bigger bars now. I wasn't entirely sure what to do with the extra space in the 16px icon, and came out with two results: one stays consistent with the other sizes by adding a second bar; the other incorporates an increased size of the highlighted bar as seen in the 16px 'texted' version of the icon. I've included both (one compiled into the new ICNS, the other as a PNG) with this email.

> Without the words, the new dock icon doesn't look much different from Adiumy himself; the current one, with Adiumy in action and the old-school dock triangle, communicates the message, though modernizing it would be a great improvement.
> <PastedGraphic-1.tiff>

I wanted to use the open-winged Adium, but I didn't have a large enough image for the 512 size. The largest I have is the 128px one found in the current dock icon; a 512px size would be best for a refresh of the current icon (as you suggested), a 256px if I were to redo the page (incorporating more elements of the original icon). Would it be possible to contact Mr. Betts on this, see if he can supply us with what we need?

> Contact list is a cool concept, with the blueprint.  Font names are universal, too, so words there are okay - though is that going to scale to the smaller (and more commonly seen) icon size well?… Emoticons speaks for itself - again, only question I have is appearance at the smaller sizes. Haven't tried resizing it myself though.

I've designed all of these icons in three separate sizes: Large (128px-512px), 32px and 16px. In the case of the emoticon set, I've simply reduced the emoticons on the page to the :D smiley on its own, whereas the contact list layout i've simply redesigned it with a simpler version of the contact list outline. These are all in the ICNS files i sent, but I've sent the PNG's along with this email for good measure.

> For theme, a few more basic thematic elements, and expanding the contact list as shown to fill more of the icon, and I think it's good to go. 

I wasn't quite sure what else to add to this one, to be honest; any specific ideas would be greatly appreciated, if you have the time.

> I see no problem with using the stock plugin image - we're already doing so, in fact:
> <PastedGraphic-2.tiff>

Okay, wasn't sure; thanks for clarifying!

> I'm not sure what the ellipsis is supposed to indicate on our current one; the plus sign at least implies adding features to me ;)

Same thoughts here. :P

> Good work so far!

Thank you! :D

> Cheers,
> Evan
> 
> On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:49 PM, George Lambrou wrote:
> 
>> Hey all; I checked the IconsNeeded page the other day, and noticed the link to ticket #9392. I'm not quite finished, but I've started on some potential candidates to satisfy the ticket; I figured I'd submit what I had now so I could have some early feedback from you guys. They're a bit of a departure from the old ones in style, so again I ask for and greatly appreciate any and all feedback that you can offer. Thanks!
>> 
>> George Lambrou
>> 
>> P.S. The 512px size of the Emoticon Set icon is not final; I'm planning on properly remaking all of the emoticons from the 256px size at twice the size for that purpose, but I haven't yet had time to do so, so instead I used some that I have hanging around from… a while ago.
>> 
>> P.P.S. I used Apple's stock icon for plugins as a base for the Adium Plugin icon; am I allowed to do that? Or does copyright law make it a problem?
>> <Menu Bar Icon.icns><Dock Icon.icns><Contact List Layout.icns><Contact List Theme.icns><Emoticon Set.icns><Plugin.icns>
> 

George Lambrou

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