[Qgis-developer] Cast your vote: Default icon theme for QGIS 2.0

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Radim Blazek <radim.blazek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> apart the discussion about default theme, it is not clear to me where
> to add a new icon. Current situation:
>
> 4 themes:
> * default - is used if an icon in preferred theme does not exist
> * classic
> * gis
> * nkids - deprecated, will be removed in 2.0 IIRC
>

I was actually going to make the slightly contentious suggestion that
we completely drop icon theme support becuase:

- we can focus on one really great theme
- we can great a more unified look throughout
- we can ditch code an maintain less code infrastructure

Probably there are more good reasons for and against. It seems clear
GIS theme is preferred theme for the future, why not make it the
*only* theme?

Regards

Tim

> defaultThemePath() = /images/themes/default/
> activeThemePath() = /images/themes/" + settings.value( "/Themes" , "default" )
>
> HIG: 9) Use consistent iconography. If you need an icon or icon elements, please
> contact Robert Szczepanek on the mailing list for assistance.
>
> For now, the images/themes/default theme is still default so a new
> icon must be added first to images/themes/default, right? But, the
> icons made by Robert can only go to gis theme. If I want to add a new
> icon, I have to create one in default style and ask Robert for another
> one in gis style? And classic?
>
> General question, regardless which theme will become default, what
> rules are for other themes? Each theme must or may contain all icons
> from default theme? IOW, if developer wants to add a new icon, he must
> add one to each theme or to default theme only? I believe that all
> themes should be complete, otherwise alternative themes become almost
> useless for normal users.
>
> What does mean "Should we update QGIS so that the default themes is
> the 'new' GIS theme, making the 'old' theme a secondary option?" in
> the poll?
> 1) Change settings.value( "/Themes" , "default" ) to settings.value(
> "/Themes" , "gis" )
>     and defaultThemePath() to /images/themes/gis
> 2) mv images/themes/default images/themes/old
>     mv images/themes/gis images/themes/default
> Or something else?
>
> Radim
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> Please take a moment to tell us what you think: Should the 'GIS' icon
>> theme be default in QGIS 2.0 (the next release of QGIS). Please visit
>> our poll here to cast your vote:
>>
>>  http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=4ffb5dfae4b08ad9dfac3f70
>>
>> In case you are not familiar with the fact that QGIS has icon themes,
>> you can switch between them by going to:
>>
>> Settings Menu -> Options -> General Tab -> Application section -> Icon
>> theme pick list
>>
>> We look forward to your feedback!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
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