Re: [bme-develop] new status icons by =?windows-1252?q?R=E9mi?= Grumeau

[Simon T. <sj...@ca...>]

Grrr.. email didn't send, I'll try typing it all over again...

> Hey guys,

Hey,
 
> just added to CVS some emoticons and a whole bunch of new status 
> icons made 
> by R=E9mi Grumeau of BeosFrance. Personally, I think they look great, 
> and they 
> give Bme a more professional look!

Yes, I agree...look much nicer than my awful attempts.

A few comments:
1) It seems odd to have the icons have 2 "people" in them, when they 
only represent the status of a single conact. Maybe we could have just 
one person in each icon.
2) The gradients seem a bit over-done in small icons (obviously they 
are designed much larger, then shrunk) - black dominates a bit too 
much, especially in the offline icons IMHO. I think the gradients look 
cool, but they might look better "toned down" a bit for icons as small 
as 19x19.
3) The "On the phone" icon looks like it had a lot of detail on the 
phone (buttons and stuff I guess), but when shrunk to 19x19 the whole 
phone is just a muddy brown and doesn't contrast all that well with the 
green of the person. If this could be brighter, I think it would help 
people to identify it.

Other things:
1) Any chance of some 16x16 ones for the deskbar replicant :P
2) How about using PNG instead of GIF=3F Better quality and not so tied 
up with patents.

> Note that the block icon and signed out 
> icon aren't available yet....(as they are not available for 
> customization in 
> the icon prefs file). I think R=E9mi did a great job and can't wait to 
> see 
> more of his icons for Bme...hope we get emoticons everywhere soon!

Yup, me too.

Great work Remi!


Simon