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

Silas Palmer-Cannon silas.pc at gmail.com
Sat May 6 03:32:20 EDT 2006


I just want to clear up any misunderstanding about the word polished.  
I didn't mean "having a shiny and smooth appearance". I meant it more  
as in "showing a high degree of efinement", ie being properly  
finished...

Silas


On 05/05/2006, at 4:38 PM, 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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