From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Mathias Dahl" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs icon - ugh! Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 23:10:05 +0200 Message-ID: <7dbe73ed0804051410y76d3c56dj998736362238c771@mail.gmail.com> References: <001c01c89754$fe265070$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207429822 24538 80.91.229.12 (5 Apr 2008 21:10:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:10:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 05 23:10:53 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JiFf3-0002lb-2b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:10:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JiFeQ-0007ti-6n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:10:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JiFeM-0007qU-CD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JiFeK-0007mt-RL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JiFeK-0007mi-OZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.177]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JiFeK-0002iP-Fj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id n30so580292elf.7 for ; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:10:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=KFiRlNXOK+4N8HDdZxRUAxKbFTh6r04BzI8SZiWCYps=; b=vSZ0761QPcE8tSwg7GECgiX+vLjs6y4ZicCQ4UEzMLZ2zXW/K76apy2TGULFfCI9S9Dffz+MUmwcW1IyEqKjSfO0SW/Worq96Nhq3FwpoddurQzE9qZJY/eB3cofO7n9/GY60PNMDK3v7fdDRtLfo1Bnr7lLh16ADePv5vb/u40= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=rI8GKa54RVyEAEF+8WeHONe3sGSI8LRcct1Z50sB97bidskqE1FU6iI+lBkf82bSO1DRXIGKZlWo3diIuZ6P8C5ZkRp7lBrTXWziSSqE2/ayOl+2Y4JRUKtyhUjYiXllYsBygMgSZbn4O0KQ+XhuOZ2HdoujrcLbMtfoeVdGvVw= Original-Received: by 10.115.73.20 with SMTP id a20mr4220999wal.32.1207429805815; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:10:05 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.146.9 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:10:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <001c01c89754$fe265070$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:94446 Archived-At: > Anyway, FWIW, I think the new icon is quite a bit inferior to the Emacs 22 icon. > Attached is a screenshot of them both on my desktop. I have a hard time > believing that anyone prefers the new one. I also like the old one better. And I think it is easier to associate the notebook icon with a text editor. > Even at the giant size of these desktop icons, the "pen" looks like just a > graphics mistake. Yes. I have to squint really hard to see that as a pen. > fuzzy and washed out. In its favor, the "E" formed by the gnu horns is more > clearly an "E" (and less clearly horns). I think the old horns looks like both an E and an M (that was the point, right?) more than the new ones. > Anyway, this is not a biggee, but JFTR I preferred the previous one. Same here, but I wanted to chime in anyway.