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Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] Proposal: ODF Icons
Hi, On 2009-12-10, at 17:54 , robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote: > Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM wrote on 12/10/2009 05:15:25 AM: > >> >> I think we are not talking about icons that vendors must use, but icons >> that vendors may use. >> >> If vendors want to add their "look" or (if Bart mentioned) want to show >> previews instead, then they may do so. But I consider it to be >> reasonable to anyway provide "neutral" icons for those who want to use >> them. These icons further may provide the basis for all those who want >> to add their "look" if we provide some basic rules how to do that. >> >> Additionally, there may be places where the icons must be vendor >> neutral. For instance, if we want to add some icons to the Wikipedia >> entry on ODF/OpenDocument. Or if we want to ask OASIS to configure icons > >> for IDF document into KAVI. Currently where are icons for PDF, HTML and >> even Microsoft Word documents, but none for ODF. >> >> So, even if we know that not all vendors may adopt them, agreeing on a >> unified ODF icon set seems to be very reasonable to me. >> > > OK. That's fine. I have no objection to making these icons available for > those who want to use them. I'm just pointing out why we would not be > able to use them for Symphony. > > What might be useful -- and maybe the project in the Toolkit Union can > work on this -- is to have a unified set of graphical elements that > promote ODF. So not just the icons, but the complete "kit", including: > > - images of various sizes for embedding in web pages, ranging from large > banners for headers to vertical images for sidebars, etc. > > - very small icons, perhaps to be used in an icon set with CSS as > hyperlink cues. For example: > http://www.askthecssguy.com/2006/12/showing_hyperlink_cues_with_cs_1.html > > - a vector graphics (SVG maybe) for the logo for when a scalable image is > needed > > - a B&W logo for use in B&W print material > > - a specification of the main logo, including the name of the typefaces > used, the RDB values for the color scheme, etc. This is useful for making > pages that harmonize well with the art work. > > This might be a good goal, to have a complete "kit" of these images. Agreed. We aim for things like this--complete and useful information--for users of OOo icons, for instance. The easier we make it for others to use, the better. > > > -Rob =louis
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