RFC: Use dummy avatar pics instead of oxygen pawn icon

Daniele E. Domenichelli daniele.domenichelli at gmail.com
Tue Nov 20 16:28:11 UTC 2012


Hello,

On 20/11/12 15:17, Martin Klapetek wrote:
> 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.

It kind of make sense, but I'd rather ask the oxygen team to provide an 
icon for that...
I made a quick test using the "user-identity" and it does not look bad...


Daniele


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