[Camino] Icon's weight doesn't quite fit.

[Kees]

Out of curiosity, I took a quick stab at it, and it seems to me making the
current icon slightly fatter won't necessarily make it look worse:
(this is very unpolished) http://homepage.mac.com/kees/.Pictures/camicon.jpg



> From: Ricky <rice28m at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Camino List <camino at mozdev.org>
> Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 06:31:04 -0400
> To: Camino List <camino at mozdev.org>
> Subject: Re: [Camino] Icon's weight doesn't quite fit.
> 
> Isn't it actually a 128 by 128, not 256 by 256?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Icon_Image
> 
> On 5/5/06, Polycarbonate at open-jugular.com
> <Polycarbonate at open-jugular.com> wrote:
>> I used to like it okay.  But glassy things got overdone and it does
>> have that disadvantage of looking small.  When i turned a designer's
>> eye at all the different browser logos/icons grouped together, i was
>> surprised to find Seamonkey's leaping out as most eye-catching and
>> upscale.
>> 
>>   Scott
>> 
>> 
>> On May 3, 2006, at 09:53€, Silas Palmer-Cannon wrote:
>> 
>>> I have just started using Camino yesterday, as this is when I first
>>> heard about it. The only thing that I think is a little bit
>>> 'unpolished' about the program is the icon.
>>> 
>>> It isn't as weighty (visually) as I think it could be. All the
>>> other icons for apps don't 'feel small' when you look at their
>>> icons. The reason for this is that they use much of the icon
>>> 256x256 canvas. Camino's icon does use the space, but not well in
>>> my opinion. Perhaps you could consider expanding the size of the
>>> inner circle till its visual weight felt consistent with other
>>> major apps on one's dock.
>>> 
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