Re: [Gaim-cabal] Artists

[Luke S. <lsc...@us...>]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 11:38:08PM -0500, Richard Laager wrote:
> I've expressed at least some of this before, but... I see this effort as
> having a couple benefits, aside from being free of copyright/trademark
> problems.
> 
> First, I'd love to see a smiley theme where a :) looks the same across
> all protocols, a ;) is the same, an icon of "money" is the same, etc. We
> should have one icon for each idea. I'm a big believer in the value of
> abstracting protocol differences.
> 
> Second, we can come up with something that is uniquely "Pidgin", as
> opposed to near-direct (or direct) rip-offs of the official clients.
> This should help our general image... Pidgin will look nice & polished.
> 
> Richard
> 

I find this argument persuasive, even for the smileys, where I would
normally suggest we stay closer to each protocol.  This could help
people understand that pidgin is not AIM, or MSN, and that their
defaults and behaviors do not create a requirement that we do the
same.  It could also help pidgin _feel_ more like a multi-protocol
multi-connection client, much the same way that our state changes
have helped in that respect.

luke