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

[Yanik Magnan]

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On 5/5/06, Kees <kees at mac.com> wrote:
> 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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