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From: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Better Icons
Message-ID: <1684@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 17:59:31 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 15 17:59:31 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Apr-87 05:18:55 EST
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Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <2332@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> hod@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP(Hod Greeley)
 writes:
>[]
>For all it's vaunted graphics ability (and don't get me wrong, as usual,
>I think the Amiga is a great computer), the icons just seem second rate.
>
>Is it just a hardware problem, or do people not really care? :-)


   We do care how the icons look, but were generally forced to follow
certain design rules:

   - all vertical lines double width 
        (for clarity on composite monitors)

   - all icons outlined in a contrasting color 
        (for normal and selected visibility with user's default colors) 

   In addition, the icons are generally kept pretty small so that several
workbench drawers can be open at once with all icons visible.
   
   However, I agree that many of the icons could be improved even within
these constraints.  

   I would be interested in knowing which icons people like and dislike.
But please don't be too cruel... I designed many of the new 1.2 icons.
I'd also be interested in suggestions for replacement images.
Better email them to me or we'll have a bunch of complaints from people
who don't want to read about icon images.  I'll post a summary.

   In addition (are you listening Fred ?), I think a Fish Disk full of
public domain icons would be a great idea.  If Fred is interested,
perhaps we could all send him our favorite personal icons.  I've
got a really nice disk icon (with upside down checkmark label) and
a great old-fashioned typewriter that needs a program.

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