9 Oct
2015
9 Oct
'15
7:19 p.m.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 07:49:03 -0400
From: ejlddll(a)googlemail.com
To: trinity-devel(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net
Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] An icon theme compatible with TDE
On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 18:53:31 -0400
Alexandre <ac586133(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
"Ugly" is an extremely subjective term. I don't find the Crystal icons
ugly at all.
Unfashionable/dated-looking, certainly, that's a legitimate criticism--the current
fashion is for a much flatter look, and the creator of Masalla does seem to have
done a good job with that aesthetic. There is nothing wrong with changing the
default icon package to something more modern-looking--KDE did it more than
once. I'm cautiously in favour of a move provided the Crystal set remains available
and we have the manpower to fix things like install scripts (which may end up being
the sticking point).
One purely technical thing we have to consider if we're going to replace the default
icon theme, though, is that the replacement must offer at least as much coverage as
Crystal, in terms of the applications it has icons for. In particular, we'd need to
ensure there are icons covering the TDE applications that are no longer in KDE,
as these are the least likely to receive any "love" from an artist who
isn't working
with TDE.
E. Liddell
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Hi!
I have no problem too to keep CrystalSVG available, but it has made its time and now
it's time for something else. If you have some time to try the icon theme on your TDE
setup, you'll find that it fits very well (thanks to devs work on getting
freedesktop.org compatible) and there is almost nothing to adapt, since K apps use generic
app category icons instead of icons with a K. The only thing needed would be to delete the
KDE logo, to let TDE fallback to its own logo, to be found in the CrystalSVG folder. All
of this is made automatically. This means that if xyz app has no masalla icon, the
CrystalSVG icon is used automatically.
What do you think about it?
Alexandre
On 2015/10/01 12:55 AM, Alexandre wrote:
Ok, bug 2536 added!
Now my rant (yes, I will repeat it over and over):
In life you need to evolve, or you'll evaporate. TDE badly needs to have and show
something new to the users and reviewers.
Crystal SVG icon theme is visually outdated, ugly and makes everyone think that TDE is
still living one or two decades agos.
A product that evolves just visually is a dead-end, but a product that evolves just under
the hood is a dead-end too.
TDE should provide the choice of 2 defaults settings. One for old conservators, and one
for the future. Hi all,
I just wanted to share that I found a new icon theme that is fitting and working very
well with TDE. Icons are
colorful and easy to understand. Maybe one day it could be packaged with TDE?
Here is the download link:
http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Masalla+Icon+Theme?content=170413
Thank you! Tell me what you think! -Alexandre
Hi Alex,
the theme looks quite good. Please create a bug report (if you haven't done it yet)
so we do not forget it.
Cheers
Michele