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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I second this.  The biggest offender that I can see is the new library
viewer icon.  There are also a few images with a while border around
them as well and the don't look very good with your typical grey toolbar
color.

On 6/5/2017 8:09 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> I see some buggy icons, they contain a white background which makes
> them look funky. Could you please fix those?  See attached.
> 
> 2017-05-30 17:17 GMT+02:00 Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> here you go.
>>
>> Fabrizio
>>
>> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't see any patches attached.
>>>
>>> 2017-05-30 14:54 GMT+02:00 Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Hello Wayne,
>>>> In attachment you can find a good review of approx 30 icons and a global
>>>> simplification of approx 30 icons.
>>>> I have also corrected some menu labels.
>>>>
>>>> Since there is a lot of corrected text that is very much related to
>>>> English, it would be great if you could review it before submitting it.
>>>> A
>>>> not so fun work but I think it will make kicad a much better tool.
>>>>
>>>> I think it would be recommendable to avoid "a" and "the" in button and
>>>> menu
>>>> tooltips. So that it way easier to understand what the button or tooltip
>>>> is
>>>> about. The use of singular plural is also inconsistent and I tried to
>>>> fix
>>>> it. Please Wayne feel free to make any changes you think is important.
>>>>
>>>> I have also notices that several menus are a little inconstant. I will
>>>> try
>>>> work on it since I think the current kicad UI is very usable but it
>>>> needs
>>>> to be more consistent.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried to fixed a lot of icons so that their meaning is more
>>>> immediate to understand. I have as well started a process of
>>>> simplification
>>>> of many redundant icons. I think it is important that we begin
>>>> simplifing
>>>> the kicad icon set because at the moment is really too large.
>>>>
>>>> Here below a detailed description of the changes.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Fabrizio
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ### Deleted the following icons(deleted: svg, cpp and png):
>>>> edit_component
>>>> edit_part
>>>> move_text
>>>> rotate_field
>>>> rotate_glabel
>>>> rotate_module_cw
>>>> rotate_module_ccw
>>>> rotate_pin
>>>> rotatehlabel
>>>> many_good_icons
>>>> dismiss
>>>> move_track
>>>> move_track_segment
>>>> library2
>>>> copy_button
>>>> copyblock
>>>> edit_sheet
>>>> icon_text
>>>> pagelayout_new
>>>> sch_new
>>>> rescue_pcbnew
>>>> schematic
>>>> pagelayout_load_default
>>>> gerbview_open_recent_ziparchive_files
>>>> gerbview_open_recent_drill_files
>>>> gerber_recent_files
>>>> pagelayout_recent
>>>> revert_pcbnew
>>>>
>>>> ### Lightly modified icons:
>>>> bom
>>>> autoplace_fields
>>>> flip_board
>>>> duplicate_module
>>>> delete
>>>> new_sch
>>>> new_pcb
>>>> new_component
>>>> general_deletions
>>>> reload
>>>> pagelayout_load
>>>> add_line
>>>> add_entry
>>>> add_tracks
>>>> add_tracks_and_vias
>>>> about
>>>> array_module
>>>> image
>>>> noconn
>>>> add_dashed_line.svg
>>>> add_bus.svg
>>>> scheamatic
>>>> resize_sheet
>>>> eeschema
>>>> netlist
>>>> pagelayout_load_default
>>>> datasheet
>>>> svg_file
>>>> pagelayout_normal_view_mode
>>>> pagelayout_special_view_mode
>>>> unknow
>>>> export
>>>> import
>>>> pcb_update
>>>> pcbnew
>>>> editor
>>>> edit
>>>> directory
>>>> browse_files
>>>> icon_gerbview_small
>>>> post_drill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ### created few new icons that replace few icons used inproperly
>>>> (created
>>>> svg, cpp, png):
>>>> exchange
>>>> icon
>>>> drag
>>>> rescue
>>>> path
>>>> copy
>>>> new_generic
>>>> recent
>>>> pcbcalculator
>>>>
>>>> ### Corrected some label content. It is important here to be rigorus
>>>> about
>>>> it. Inkscape could
>>>> be a good tool that can be used as reference:
>>>> eescheam rightclick menu
>>>> cvpcb rightclick menu
>>>> pcbnew rightclick menu
>>>> libedit rightclick menu
>>>> icon tooltips
>>>> gerber and drill file menu
>>>> main kicad hotkey icon menu
>>>> fixes several tooltip phrases like "Opens a new schematic" into "Open
>>>> new
>>>> schematic sheet"
>>>> few more menues and sub menus here and there (see git log for details).
>>>>
>>>> Beside makes many icons more effective, this massive patch is trying to
>>>> rise the quality of the kicad UI. Few examples are:
>>>> write all words in a menu  with capital letter. Tooltip sentence should
>>>> start with capital letter.
>>>> do not end a menu item is with a dot "."
>>>> do not use "the" or "a" when possible for both tooltip and menu item
>>>> use consistent and meaninguful text. "Set Language" is better than
>>>> "Language".
>>>> "Set grid origin" is better than "Set origin point for the grid"
>>>> limit use of "..." (this is a debatable issue)
>>>> etc.
>>>>
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