Oh well...
Ferdinand Gassauer
gassauer at kde.org
Sun Nov 17 10:00:58 GMT 2002
Michael Brade wrote:
> On Saturday 16 November 2002 17:18, Tim Jansen wrote:
>> I dont understand the problem. Especially konsole is *much* easier to
>> identify with its blue color and the shell, compared to the hicolor icon.
> ?! The hicolor version was the only black icon. I don't think the hicolor
> icon was harder to find than the crystal icon.
>
>> KControl is a little bit more difficult, but not because of the use of
>> black, but because the upper left corner is to similar to the background
>> color. It could need a bit more contrast IMHO.
>> Green can't be a solution, green hurts the eye when it is next to blue
>> things.
> You didn't get my main point: former hicolor users are used to a black
> konsole icon, now the kcontrol icon is the former konsole icon with just
> an additional screw driver! Ok, I don't mind too much if it is not green
> in the end, but it should definitely _not_ be mainly black.
>
I agree with Michael
Now I tend to open kcontrol if I want the console
BTW the shell is good for computer geeks - no (windows) user is familar with
"shell" for konsole. And the symbol only works for english language. it
does not make a good association in german (except a petrol company).
--
cu
ferdinand
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