[Qgis-developer] Icon theme update

Tue Apr 16 06:20:05 PDT 2013

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since adding back the old default as a 'classic' theme choice is fairly
> > straightforward, only taking about an hour to do, I suggest the
> following:
> > It isn't done for a couple of weeks.
> >
> > Here's my reasoning. If we are all looking at only the new default theme
> and
> > helping develop that into a complete and cohesive look for 2.0, then
> those
> > who are working on it will benefit greatly by the entire dev community's
> > focus.
> >
> > I also think Robert's and other's reworking of the default icon set to
> > address color and useability concerns needs the full focus and support of
> > the community for it to have a good chance at success. If right before
> GUI
> > freeze (~ 2 weeks), the new theme is assessed and there is still a
> > consensus, or maybe a vote, that there should be a second
> project-supported
> > choice, then the 'classic' theme can readily be put back in.
> >
> > Please let me know what you think of that approach.
>
> My 2c. I was also hesitant about switching to the new GIS theme - I
> have ~ten years of using the old theme so it was hard to make the
> switch. However the last few months I have been using exclusively the
> GIS theme and I must say you will get used to it and start to
> appreciate it for its visual consistency. I think there are a lot of
> benefits to having only one theme - some of which Larry had described
> above. Also we will have less 'stuff' in our source tree, QGIS will be
> readily identifyable in screenshots, screencasts and publications etc
> - it will go a long way to creating a unified image and brand for our
> project.
>
> Sure I would like the colours on the icons to be a little brighter and
> there are probably other things that can be improved, but I think
> having one officially maintained and supported icon set makes a lot of
> sense.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
One consequence of eliminating the "classic" theme as an option is a lot of
otherwise good, general documentation (articles, blog posts, stackexchange
posts, books) will be crippled.

-gary

>
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Don't be sorry, everyone's opinion should be heard. I have mixed
> >> feelings, the old theme seems to kidish but the new one is too gray.
> >> Now is a good time to look at which icons are causing the most issues
> >> and revamp them.
> >>
> >> Sent from some fancy phone looking thingo
> >> From: Régis Haubourg
> >> Sent: 16/04/2013 6:06 PM
> >> To: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Icon theme update
> >> Larry_S wrote
> >> > Some time ago, devs voted to move to the 'gis' theme as the default,
> >> > i.e.
> >> > not just the one selected by default but also the only theme supported
> >> > by
> >> > the project. Even after this update, you may notice the icons are
> still
> >> > hodge-podge with inconsistent ones needing work. Due to lack of
> >> > developers
> >> > to maintain multiple project-supported themes, it is best to have only
> >> > one,
> >> > so that a concerted effort can be made to keep it complete and
> cohesive.
> >> >
> >> > Does mean that we can use themes in QGIS 2.0?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > No theme support code was removed, only the gis theme condensed upon
> the
> >> > current default (because many default icons are still used) and old
> >> > project
> >> > themes removed. However, there has been talk of removing all theme
> >> > support,
> >> > but I can't speak to the state of that decision.
> >> >
> >> > I like to revive my nkids theme for QGIS 2.0 as option for Mac OS X
> >> >> QGIS, is this possible?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I'm not entirely sure, but to use a different theme than the default,
> >> > you
> >> > will need to add it to the appropriate source directories, edit the
> .qrc
> >> > files and compile the source again. For example, nkids has been in the
> >> > source themes directory for awhile, but not choose-able in the gui
> >> > because
> >> > it is not been made part of compiled-in resource system.
> >> >
> >> > I did add some code to push any old saved theme choice over to the new
> >> > default, so if you did add a revamped nkids theme, maybe considering
> >> > giving
> >> > it a new name as well.
> >>
> >> Hi Larry,
> >> it's a total surprise to me, since I thought I was following list
> >> intensivly. I remember voting against gis theme, but majority did choose
> >> as
> >> default. That's fine, I'm OK with the vote. But I was thinking having
> the
> >> choice to switch back to classic theme !
> >> I submitted both themes to users and all of them in my corp wanted to
> keep
> >> classical one. By myself, I really have visual difficulties with gis
> theme
> >> (to much blue-grey, very few pixels to distinguish functions, overly
> >> complicated icons..)
> >> Moreover, I must say I've not been able to fund anything for months in
> >> QGIS
> >> project due to the lack of visibility. Please think of us and let us see
> >> more clearly where we can help the projects.
> >>
> >> Sorry for that message, but these last minute surprises really starts to
> >> be
> >> a problem to me.
> >>
> >> Régis
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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