Oxygen Icons

[Landy DeField]

This may have been a double post as I sent one from an email address that is
not registered with this mailing list the first time I replied. oops hehe :)


On 3/9/07, Landy DeField <landy at revelinux.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Christian,
>
> As you mentioned the challenge is that Amarok uses many specific icons
> that would need to be created above and beyond the default media icons that
> will be available. That is not to say that the Oxygen team will not take the
> time to create all of the icons that Amarok requires sometime in the future.
> However if you consider the shear amount of icons that the Oxygen team is
> responsible for creating just to have a complete icon set you will
> understand why it may take a while to create icons for specific apps.
> Theobroma has been in direct contact with the Oxygen team and we will
> happily work with them anytime to improve the Amarok icon set. Even if it
> means compromising on any number of icons.
>
> The solution we came up with is for the Amarok artist team to create icons
> that compliment Oxygen. We are very close to making a new icon set available
> that has been recolored and touched up to do just that. We wanted to include
> it with the latest Amarok release. Due to a series of unfortunate events
> (which L emony Snicket had nothing to do with) we were not able to deliver
> the icons in time. There will be a download available from the forum soon
> that will include the newish icons. After they have thoroughly been put
> through the critical eyes of the developers and are given a passing grade
> they will be included in a future release.
>
> It is also important to add that as an Amarok artist I have resolved to
> make sure the developers of Amarok are satisfied with the artwork/icons that
> we produce above all else. It is their creation after all. So while we would
> happily compromise on any number of icons if it does not make sense to or if
> the developers of Amarok do not want the change out certain icons for what
> ever reason we will respect that. Further more we will stand by our
> commitment to Amarok developers satisfaction with the artwork no matter how
> harsh criticism may be if any. ;)
>
> Amarok Artist Team Member
> Landy DeField (land0)
>
> On 3/9/07, Christian Engels < s9chenge at stud.uni-saarland.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hiho
> > I just read the article on the planet about amarok2 and Icon themes:
> > http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/334-Amarok2-with-Oxygen-icons.html
> > and i just wondered, why amarok wants new icons. I can understand the
> > point
> > that amarok and kde have different release cycles and so amarok must
> > ship
> > some icons which kde doesn't have.
> >
> > But what about this:
> > The amarok teams asks kindly the oxygen team for icons for amarok.
> > Hopefully
> > the oxygen team will produce something and ship them right direct into
> > kde.
> >
> > Why not fill this icons into the icon theme? Perhaps they could be of
> > use in
> > other applications as well.
> > Ok if we have a new feature we have to make icons (but we can ask oxygen
> > team
> > here again) and ship them with amarok.
> > But we have at the moment lots of icons that can be integrated into
> > oxygen.
> >
> >
> > Greetings
> > Christian Engels
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