Re: [ide-dev] Window Dressing

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I know this is not the exact same thing, but I'm working on a new set of changes to use new  icons based on png instead of gif icons. This is based on a contribution of svg icons for platform and JDE by Tony McCrary.

See the followng bug reports for some of the work.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=421292

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=422040

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=422139

Using png instead of gifs has the advantage that png have a real transparency and look also good on dark themes.

Best regards, Lars

2013/12/9 Miles Parker <miles.parker@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi all,

If you gave me a small pile of cash and let me spend it on whatever I wanted to to improve Eclipse user experience*, I’d say… “Icons!"

Seriously. The current icon set is more than showing it’s age. Despite devs wanting to think that we’re above all of this, L&F _matters_, and I think a new set of core flat, simple chromatic icons would do wonders for user perception and help us all enjoy using the tooling more. It could also align w/ a move toward more web oriented tools.

I wonder if I’m totally alone here or if there are others that would support this as a priority?

cheers!

Miles

*I recognize that noone is ever going to do that. This is just a thought experiment. ;-D


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