Re: [Gaim-cabal] Status icons again

[Sean E. <sea...@gm...>]

On 9/25/06, Mark Doliner <ma...@ki...> wrote:
> How is that settlement going, anyhoo?

Slowly, as usual. Unfortunately, we're not AOL's biggest priority, and
they seem to have some other legal issues they have to deal with. I'll
be sure to keep everyone updated as soon as I get word.

More updates:
Hylke made an MSN butterfly, and I updated
http://gaim.sf.net/sean/some-more-protocols.png
He also made some emblems: http://gaim.sf.net/sean/emblems.tar.gz .
The bot is awesome. The die is pretty cool, and some of the others are
still being worked out.
I'm adjusting well to the Purple Orb. Other variations of circles:
http://gaim.sf.net/sean/person2.png
http://gaim.sf.net/sean/person32.png

Re: clock vs notepad. What do you think of making a notepad the icon
for EXTENDED_AWAY and making AIM's "away" an EXTENDED_AWAY state? This
way the metaphor makes a bit more sense. I'm thinking of a little shop
with one of those "We'll be back in 15 minutes clock signs" versus a
shop with a "Gone Fishing" sign, or something. I don't know. In either
case, AIM users will be happy with a notepad and MSN users will be
happy with a clock.

In either case, I'm getting used to the clock. It doesn't take long.

Question: iChat and the clients it inspired use a 16x16ish icon in
what we consider Big List. What do you guys think of:
http://actsofvolition.com/images/screenshots/gaim/gaim-mock-16px.png
as opposed to
http://gaim.sf.net/sean/gaim4.png ?

It seems like iChat and its inspired clients all use variations of the
randomly colored orbs, and so it makes more sense for them to be
small, since 22x22 icons of green circle doesn't gain much over 16x16
pixels of green circle. Our icons tend to be more detailed so we can
benefit more from the additional 8. Still, my girlfriend is convinced
Gaim will be ugly as long as those additional 8 pixels are there.

Thoughts?

-s.