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On 2015/10/10 02:19 AM, Alexandre wrote:
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:
>
>>
>> On 2015/10/01 12:55 AM, Alexandre wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>
> 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 Crystal SVG icon theme is visually outdated,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.
"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
I also think a change of the default icon style might be a good idea to consider for the
next minor release (R14.1.0,
whenever it will be). We will need to test thoroughly to make sure we do not have missing
icons, as E. correctly
pointed out, but as long as we plan it right I think it is doable.
Cheers
Michele
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