Re: Proposal for a new emacs icon

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On 5/2/24 02:14, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 01/05/2024 02:07, Elijah G wrote:
>> Hi, I made a new icon for emacs to replace the current one into a bit
>> more "modern" according to current icons from other editors such as
>> neovim, zed, vscode and codium, etc.
> 
> Hmm, looks like it matches the style of VS Code and Neovim icons, but 
> not Zed or VSCodium.
> 
> Which is a good thing to have, even if we don't make it a default icon 
> for the editor (maybe after a number of revisions, although as we can 
> see the immediate reaction of the long-time contributors is skeptical). 
> Maybe we could have an alternative icon set, or some such.
> 
> Though to be honest I think the toolbar icon set that we have is a much 
> bigger problem than the application icon (which is already fairly 
> decent). I just tried Emacs on macOS last, and the contrast between the 
> toolbar and the (fairly modern-looking) frame is pretty jarring. At 
> least on GNU/Linux (e.g. with GTK3 build) we use a lot of the system 
> theme icons.
> 
> 





I agree that the toolbar icon set is a bigger issue than the application 
icon, and it can be off-putting to new users. I would love to see Emacs 
adopt a more modern, cohesive, and unified look that is on par with some 
of the newer editors out there.