RFC: Use dummy avatar pics instead of oxygen pawn icon

[Aleix Pol]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Martin Klapetek
<martin.klapetek at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> what do you think if we'd change the icon for people without avatar from
> the blue pawn icon to a "full frame" avatar dummy like -
> http://www.sparesinmotion.com/sites/default/files/pictures/dummy-avatar.png?
>
> Rationale: the list will look more unified, because all the avatars are
> actually a full rectangle images while the pawn is a pawn with transparent
> background and as such breaks the consistency in the avatars column. Also I
> think the blue pawn stands out too much as the photos are, well, 2d photos
> while the pawn has a 3d look, so it does not fit.
>
> Here's both versions side-by-side:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6761102/cl_dummy.png
>
> What do you think?
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> Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer
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What about discussing with the oxygen team?

BTW, have we considered fetching avatars from different places, such as
gravatar?

Aleix
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