[A little OT] Oxygen icons survey

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Wednesday 25 April 2007, Johann Ollivier Lapeyre wrote:
> 2007/4/25, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org>:
> > On Wednesday 25 April 2007, Johann Ollivier Lapeyre wrote:
> > > The others commons comments are "too much blue".  The main idea is "If
> > > every icons on the desktop has the same color, you'll have to look
> >
> > closer
> >
> > > to search which blue icon is the one you want to click". And if some
> > > are
> >
> > is this in reference to the action icons?
>
> Both action and apps. Not mimetype.

the action icons are this way for a very specific reason and purpose, namely 
that the action icons in the toolbars and menus should not be distracting 
from primary content and are apt to lead to visual contention in and of 
themselves. shape and clarity is more important in this case.

app icons should be encouraged to be colourful and vibrant, though.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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