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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks a lot John, this is certainly a step up!

cheers
Fabrizio


On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 6:54 PM, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Fabrizio,
>
> The changes are on the tip of this branch:
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/icons
>
> I have deliberately tried not made drastic changes to the icons such
> that they would be unrecognisable to users of older documentation,
> it's mostly alignment and colour tweaks.
>
> If they get merged, I should update the kicad-doc documentation before
> v5 gets cut.
>
> Updating the documentation is easy to replace the icons themselves
> (copy/paste from source repo to docs repo), but will also need some
> new screenshots too.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 1:27 AM, Fabrizio Tappero
> <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > these improved icons look great! thanks for the effort. I think this work
> > should be included. Could you please submit a patch for this to Wayne or
> JP.
> >
> > A lot of icons could be improved and as Wayne mentioned it is important
> to
> > kind of coordinate us so that we do not create great icons that do not
> get
> > submitted to the main kiCad stream. John if you think you want
> contribute to
> > this, there is a lot of new and great icons from Konstantin that could be
> > picked and submitted. Mind that we cannot start redesigning tons of new
> > icons because the documentation will then be heavily out of sync.
> >
> > thanks a lot
> > Fabrizio
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:55 PM, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> And here are the same images with the changed icons highlighted, maybe
> >> not everyone loves spot-the-difference puzzles that much!
> >>
> >> Some icons are hidden in menus which I don't seem to be able to
> >> screenshot.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 5:37 AM, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have a few tweaks to some icons in Pcbnew and Eeschema. These are
> >> > mostly minor tweaks that are intended to make the icons match a little
> >> > better and give a more uniform look and feel:
> >> >
> >> > https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/icons
> >> >
> >> > * Pixel align a few icons to make then crisper when displayed
> >> > * Redraw all the zoom icons to be crisper and flatter. The zoom to fit
> >> > (Home) icon is now a sort of reticle rather than a pair of square
> >> > brackets as text.
> >> > * Redraw console icon to be flat to match other existing icons.
> >> > * Mute some very bright colours, especially the green-legged module
> >> > icons - use the zone icons as a guide for the colour brightness.
> >> >
> >> > Attached are screen shots of pcbnew and eeschema, where you can see
> >> > some of the icons.
> >> >
> >> > I know icons and UI subjects in general are very subjective and
> >> > personal, so I'd welcome input!
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >> > John
> >>
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