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[Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>]

FYI, the 5th and last icons from the left do not convey what they are about.

Perhaps you could add the word "Gerber" at the top portion of the icon and
remove that stupid magnifying glass.

The worksheet layout shouldn't have a schematic in gray color in it, why is
there a schematic in an empty worksheet layout editor? It's not a schematic
editor...
I'm not sure what the best icon would look like to represent a worksheet
layout editor.

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Oliver Walters <
oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have attached a patchset which performs the following:
>
> 1. Revert libedit icon to previous version
> 2. Revert modedit icon to previous version
> 3. Updates pcbnew icon to look more like a PCB
> 4. Update colors of eeschema icon
> 5. Various (almost imperceptible) tweaks to a number of icons to fix
> graphic alignment issues
>
> Here is a screenshot of the updated icons:
>
>
> [image: Inline image 2]
>
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Oliver Walters <
> oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 7 Jan 2018 05:04, "Chris Pavlina" <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I wish we had something resembling a policy for icons. It seems like
>> someone always wants to change them. We had decent icons for these
>> _before_, and then someone submitted new ones, and they were accepted
>> because... I don't know? Many of the new icons are really ambiguous and
>> kind of useless. Shouldn't have been merged.
>>
>>
>> This is why I'm pushing for *a* change and not *my* change, I remember
>> how the argument went last time, before they were silently merged.
>>
>> I also note that there is a lack of consistency between similar icons.
>> e.g. there are many icons which incorporate an arrow but the style/shape of
>> the arrows varies.
>>
>> For the record, I like these proposed ones. They bring back the ability
>> to recognize them at a glance.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 05:52:49PM +0000, kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>> > I would love to see improved icons, I still never get used to them so i
>> read
>> > the tooltip, newer know which one is pcb and which one is module editor.
>> >
>> > Luckily most of the time I only need to double click the kicad_pcb file
>> > anyway :)
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2018-01-06 15:08, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> > > 2018-01-06 14:15 GMT+01:00 Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx
>> > > <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>>:
>> > >
>> > >     +1
>> > >
>> > >     And I like Oliver’s proposed icons.  I’d suggest two further
>> > >     changes though:
>> > >
>> > >     1) The schematic icon (which Oliver didn’t change) should really
>> > >     use the default colours (dark red symbols, green wires).  Then
>> > >     there’s a stronger tie-in with the libedit icon.
>> > >
>> > >     2) I think I’d drop the dimensions from the modedit icon, and
>> > >     change the pad colour to the default (yellow).
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > The default pad color is not yellow, that is only what you see for THT
>> > > pads. Default pad color is green for bottom and red for top copper
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >     3) Projects should use the current New Project icon, rather than
>> > >     the application icon.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I have considered to submit a patch for this for some time, but I
>> guess
>> > > it is an appropiate time to do this with a major version bump.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >     4) Both the New Project and New Project from Template icons should
>> > >     get yellow “new” star.
>> > >
>> > >     5) New Footprint in modedit also needs the star, and the star on
>> > >     New Symbol in libedit made more prominent.
>> > >
>> > >     Cheers,
>> > >     Jeff.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >     On 6 Jan 2018, at 12:30, Oliver Walters
>> > > >     <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx
>> > > >     <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >     I think there is a need to tweak the libedit and modedit icons,
>> > > >     as identified below:
>> > > >
>> > > >     <Selection_006.png>
>> > > >
>> > > >     <Selection_007.png>
>> > > >
>> > > >     1. The blue 'textured' background is out of place with the other
>> > > >     icons
>> > > >     2. They are very cluttered and hard to read
>> > > >     3. Weirdly specific callout of dimensions and part names (out of
>> > > >     character with other icons)
>> > > >
>> > > >     Further, I think that the pcbnew icon could be adjusted slightly
>> > > >     to make it look a bit more like a PCB
>> > > >
>> > > >     Even as someone who uses KiCad on a regular basis I find myself
>> > > >     double checking which icon I am about to click on (and still
>> > > >     getting it wrong half of the time).
>> > > >
>> > > >     Below is a /**suggestion**/ of some improvements. I am not
>> trying
>> > > >     to back my own horse here, I'd be happy for anyone else to
>> > > >     suggest a better design for any of these. But I feel that
>> > > >     changing these icons would be a good improvement to make before
>> > > >     the v5 release. There have been many people complaining about
>> > > >     these icons in particular, both here and on the user forums.
>> > > >
>> > > >     <Selection_008.png>
>> > > >
>> > > >     Is this a worthwhile endeavor, or are people attached to the
>> > > >     weird blue icons?
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