Re: [GNUnet-developers] Icon & other stuff

[Christian Grothoff]

Dear Milan,

I'm not sure what's exactly "wrong" with the existing gnunet-gtk tray logo, 
but of course suggestions for improvements are welcome.  Looking at your 
icons, I don't think the shield is at all recognizable.  I don't think a key 
or a shield are a problem with respect to GNU's philosophy -- the bigger 
question for me is how the key would really relate to GNUnet (use of 
encryption != key in my book).  I also wonder if an earth-network with the 
GNU horns is not enough -- especially for 24x24...

For the Debian package: I've not tested the gdksu stuff recently.  If it is 
stable, I'd certainly recommend to the Debian maintainers to enable it by 
default.  Maybe they can comment on this?  Filing a bug report against the 
Debian package certainly seems like the right thing to do.

Finally, there is a new *feature* that allows you to disable finding your own 
content.  This is an option (!) in gnunet.conf (client configuration!).  The 
idea is that you would usually NOT want to see what you are sharing as a 
search result.  You can change the value using gnunet-setup.

Christian

On Sunday 18 November 2007, Milan wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've started to update our icon based on what Nils did for gnunet-qt's
> about box. Here are two results, the one with the key (*b.png and *.svg)
> is the way to go, I think. The question is: do you like those symbols
> (key/shield can be opposed to GNU philosophy in a way, so they must be
> presented clearly).
>
> I have a problem: I can't make the earth fill all the icon until the
> bottom because in this case the gnu horns are either too small
> (ridiculous compared to the earh) or out of the icon. So I put the key
> under the earth to work around that, but that may not be really nice.
> What do you think? This icon is really nice in 48x48 and more, but in
> 22x22 (applications menu and system tray) maybe I should simplify it.
>
>
> I have another issue about the Debian/Ubuntu gnunet-gtk package: would
> it be worth compiling it by default with --enable-gksu so that the
> feature I coded a while ago can be used? This would add a dependency,
> but on Debian I think this is part of the standard system. AFAIK, this
> feature was working last time I used a custom built from source version.
> If you agree, I can open a bug so that they add this, on Linux this
> would avoid using the command line to configure gnunetd.
>
>
> Apart from that, GNUnet is working really well here, still a lack of
> content though. ;-)
> I experience a problem when indexing/inserting: I can't find the files I
> added via any keywords I used, though everything seems to be working
> well when publishing. How is it possible? Is there a way to check this?
>
> Cheers