[QGIS-Developer] [ui] blue != blue

[Charles Dixon-Paver]

I didn't realise this chip was actually associated with HANAS. In that
case, the choice does make sense. Like I said, without using the SAP logo,
I can't think of a better option.

I would still suggest that the dark outer edge features surrounding the
chip be given a thin stroke of the light colour to improve visibility.

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 at 18:01, Kemeter, Mathias <mathias.kemeter at sap.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> we actually discussed the branding topic quite a while internally with our
> marketing department and have learnt that
>
>    1. SAP Products (i.e. HANA) generally do not have official logos
>    2. It is allowed to use the SAP logo for this purpose, but prohibited
>    to change it in any way (even colors)
>
>
>
> Thus, we were not able to just use the SAP logo in a monochrome and
> QGIS-blueish version, which would have been our preferred option. We also
> found it quite odd to use the SAP logo as-is as it would look exotic in the
> list of similar-colored icons. So we decided to go for the famous SAP HANA
> “in-memory chip”. This is not an official logo, but quite known by
> customers in terms of symbology. We took the in-memory chip shown here
> <https://developers.sap.com/mission.cloudsdk-cf-app.html> and adjusted
> the color to meet the QGIS colors (at least as good as we could).
>
>
>
> I have no strong feelings about changing colors, but the chip itself
> seemed the most viable option for us with a certain recognition factor.
>
>
>
> Btw, these were the suggestions made by our marketing folks, which are
> both not suitable for a 16x16 icon:
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Mathias
>
>
>
> *From: *QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
> of Charles Dixon-Paver <charles at kartoza.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 3. February 2021 at 16:00
> *To: *Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
> *Cc: *QGIS Developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [QGIS-Developer] [ui] blue != blue
>
> From what I can see, the SAP HANA icon is "close enough" in colour scheme
> to the existing ones, as I checked the colours for the hana icon against
> the postgres one in inkscape and got these results:
>
>
>
> Postgis
>
> Fill: #6e97c4ff
> Stroke: #476280ff
>
> Hana:
> Fill: #6e97c4ff
> Stroke: #425a75ff
>
>
>
> The design isn't too off-putting, but I feel like there are issues with it:
>
>
>
> 1) The "bits" around the central chip are not visible against a dark
> background, so it's not a "good" design.
>
> 2) The generic computer component doesn't seem ideal. It's differentiated
> enough from existing providers to be useful, but it's generic enough that
> it should be used for some other button or component, not tied to a
> "branded" database.
>
>
>
> I would personally like to see it using the "SAP" logo, to make a "DB2"
> looking replacement, but it might not be ok with their corporate branding
> terms. I can't think of a great replacement off the top of my head though.
>
>
>
> The point cloud one I feel is pretty jarring and way off. I've attached an
> svg of what I think it should look like.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 at 16:02, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
> wrote:
>
> On 2/3/21 2:54 PM, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am I the only one, getting blind (not really, just finding it not so
> nice) of the different use of blue for Point Cloud in the Datasource button
> bars (like in the Data Source Manager).
>
> I do not have a really good feeling for colors, but recently also the Hana
> icons were added:
>
>
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/images/themes/default/mActionAddHanaLayer.svg
>
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/images/themes/default/mIconHana.svg
>
> does that 'fit' in the 'color scheme'? (asking to peeps with
> designer/cartography backgrounds)
>
> (not sure who did the earlier cleanup of our icon theme)
>
> Richard
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