Re: Bluecurve icons for OpenOffice.org

[Garrett LeSage <garrett redhat com>]

On Mar 10, 2004, at 4:43 AM, Marky Goldstein wrote:

> Dear Garett,
>
> This is not meant to be negative, but feedback.
>
> I think the general look should be a bit smoother
> and more polished and more elegant. The icons look
> a bit like there is not enough time spent on them...
> Get the guy who gives you the budget to have more
> designers sit down and choose the best. Be a director ;->.


Marky, in an ideal world, it would be nice to have unlimited resources, 
time, and people to help out with icons.  In the real world, there are 
around 5,000 icons (and growing) to keep track of and I'm the only one 
in the company to do it, so it's a daunting task.  Icon work is only 
part of what I do too.

When I was working through different styles nearly two years ago, I 
bounced it around with several people at the company, and our icon 
theme is based off of the style I presented that people liked the most, 
along with revisions over time.

Please also understand that no matter what style anyone comes up with, 
there will always be at least a few people who would prefer something 
else.  Liking something from an aesthetic point of view is subject to 
opinion, and opinions vary.  A very large number of people throughout 
the years have expressed that they really like the icon style.  You are 
among one of the few who has said anything otherwise.  Of course, you 
are entitled to your opinion.

I try to do the best with the resources and direction given and work 
hard doing it.

Thanks,
Garrett