T10243: Some KDE applications could use better icons

[Raphael Rosch]

rrosch added a comment.


  Hi all, if it's ok for me to weigh in on this a bit, I will say firstly that I love kate/kwrite, and was immediately blown away by both when I (finally) discovered them recently.
  
  My main concern is that an icon should be not just unique but should quickly convey what the program is for. This is especially useful for new users who don't know what a program called "Kate" could possibly be for (the only clue would be if the user found teh shortcut in a properly organized and grouped menu). I'm not a big fan of the new Kate app icon, and have been finding it really hard to get used to it (as in, when visually scanning in my task list). I have included in the image below an example of some of my most used programs. I think the Kate icon could be improved by taking the Thunderbird approach, ie, a bird wrapping an envelope: unique, quickly conveys what it does. Just take the current Kate icon and add some kind of paper looking thing to it (could even use the one from the example below, with two sheets). I like gimp's new approach of having a preview with the app logo composited above it. I have several terminal applications in my taskbar, and each is slightly different so I know right away which one is for konsole. The other two icons below are for Kate and Kwrite as my system currently serves them in the switcher (I use Mate for my desktop). I like that that Kate icon conveys the strength of Kate: multi-document editing, and the Kwrite icon shows only a single document.  I also like the fact that the kwrite icon in the message above has a distinctive color to set it apart from other text editors. In any case, thanks to all, hope it's ok that I barged in here like that.
  F8756960: image.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F8756960>

TASK DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/T10243

To: rrosch
Cc: rrosch, churaev, tosta, johanneszarl, Leon0402, IohannesPetros, alex-l, starbuck, cullmann, IlyaBizyaev, arrowd, abetts, knauss, filipf, mludwig, aacid, lesliezhai, elvisangelaccio, kossebau, trickyricky26, ndavis, yurchor, #kde_games, #ark, #kde_pim, #discover_software_store, #yakuake, #kate, #okular, #gwenview, #konsole, #kde_applications, #vdg, ngraham, azyx, dmenig, manueljlin, Orage, cblack, konkinartem, ian, jguidon, Ghost6, jraleigh, fbampaloukas, squeakypancakes, alexde, GB_2, crozbo, firef, alexeymin, skadinna, genaxxx, aaronhoneycutt, jriddell, mbohlender
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/konsole-devel/attachments/20200723/0b0e2fb8/attachment.htm>