[Sugar-devel] [PATCH] adding new customize icon used when copying bundle source

[manuel quiñones]

2011/8/12 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>
>> 2011/8/12 manuel quiñones <manuel.por.aca at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Hi Gary,
>>>
>>> El día 12 de agosto de 2011 15:45, Gary Martin
>>> <garycmartin at googlemail.com> escribió:
>>> > Hi Manuel,
>>> >
>>> > On 12 Aug 2011, at 17:15, manuel quiñones <manuel.por.aca at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> 2011/8/12 Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>:
>>> >>> On 12.08.2011, at 15:59, Simon Schampijer wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I like the idea of a badge, and a hand or maybe even the gear icon
>>> >>>> sound good to me.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Regards,
>>> >>>>   Simon
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Since the gear is on the XO keyboard for "view source" this seems
>>> >>> like the obvious choice to me.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for all the input.  Here is a new icon with the gear as a
>>> >> badge:
>>> >>
>>> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Manuq/CopyBundleIcons
>>> >
>>> > If the cog has a border (Walter's version where the cog fill stays the
>>> > same shape) do we need to shrink the original activity icon so much, or even
>>> > not at all?
>>>
>>> I think that the cog may occlude some important part of the icon if it
>>> is not resized, but there is no other way to know it than testing.  We
>>> may have the reduction percentage be a variable in the patch.  Walter,
>>> is this possible?  Then we can test and see what works better.
>>>
>>> > So no one likes simple patten badges for indicating different modified
>>> > copies, oh well, next time ;)
>>>
>>> Sorry for not responding about the identicons, I was hoping to get a
>>> solution for this in the short term so it can be pushed in Sugar
>>> before code freeze.  I like the identicons, but it may lead to more
>>> design feedback, and there is no many time.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> > Regards,
>>> > --Gary
>>> >
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>> I think the attached icon, with a transformation matrix as follows seems
>> about right for the various activity icons I have tested:
>>
>> <g
>>    transform="matrix(0.4,0,0,0.4,32,32)"
>>    id="emblem-view-source"
>>    style="display:block">
>>
>> ...
>>
>> </g>
>>
>> I assume that making it an emblem makes sense.
>>
>> -walter
>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>
>
> Maybe we should make an emblem from the sparkle star too?

+1

However, if you position the sparkle by hand, you can get better good
looking icons.

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