[vlc-devel] Re: New icon for all OSs

[Matthew Romaine]

Nice 3D-looking icon.

What is the story behind the cone besides the implication that being an 
open source project, it's always "under construction"?
I thought the movie-reel and wheel in the background were more symbolic 
of the program at hand...

just a thought,
matt


On 2004/08/15, at 10:56, Richard Øiestad wrote:

> After some chatting in the #videoLAN irc channel I made a new 
> icon/suggestion
>
> http://network-europa.dyndns.info/temp/vlc_ikon_v2_presentation.png
>
> mail me if the server is down, it should not be.
>
> Basically for the OS X version but also for the other systems if you 
> want it, last time I used the win version, you had the cone.
>
> Why I made it, because the OS X version of the icon is to complex.
>
> When you set vlc to default program to open any document-type, you 
> will get vlc icons inside 16x16 document-icons (listmode). The only 
> thing is maybe 2 orange pixels and some blue...
>
> In 32x32, i may be better but still hard to recognise.
>
> When you glancing to find the app its much easier to recognise the 
> bright orange with your eyes
>
> Richard
>
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