Re: [gNewSense-users] ODF File Icons

[Dave Crossland]

On 04/11/06, Pete Harlow <address@hidden> wrote:
> I recently produced an icon set to denote OpenDocument files, as distinct
> from the applications that produce them. You are welcome to use these in
> gNewSense if you wish.
>
>  http://www.catnip.co.uk/opendocument/icons/

Awesome!

I think that this kind of thing is very much needed for gNewSense,
because IMO high design values is the biggest thing Ubuntu trumps
Debian with. Compare

http://debianadmin.com/copper/albums/debian%20etch/12.png
vs
http://debuntu.free.fr/images/Espresso/Screenshot5.png

This may seem like no real difference at all, and technically it is
true, but in terms of the 'user experience' or 'interaction design' it
means a lot.

Good icons that are consistent no matter what application is set to
open them by default is a small but significant interaction design
improvement.

A prettier-than-Ubuntu GNOME theme would also help - perhaps Murrine? :-)

"The Engine is cairo-based, and it's very fast compared to
clearlooks-cairo and ubuntulooks (30% faster and more)"
- http://cimi.netsons.org/pages/murrine.php

:-)

Nice use of Gentium by the way! :-) www.openfontlibrary.org is just
getting started as a community for cataloging and collaborative
development of Free Fonts like Gentium :-)

--
Regards,
Dave