emacs icon - ugh!

emacs icon - ugh!

[Drew Adams]

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I didn't realize that we had actually changed the Emacs icon for Emacs 23. There
was some discussion, but I didn't get the impression there was much discussion
or any decision.

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. 

Even at the giant size of these desktop icons, the "pen" looks like just a
graphics mistake. There is no clear outline, so at least in a context such as
this, it doesn't stand out. The "3D" highlighting just makes it look, well,
fuzzy and washed out. In its favor, the "E" formed by the gnu horns is more
clearly an "E" (and less clearly horns).

Anyway, this is not a biggee, but JFTR I preferred the previous one.

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Re: emacs icon - ugh!

[Mathias Dahl]

>  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.

RE: emacs icon - ugh!

[Drew Adams]

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And here is a comparative screenshot showing the small versions of the icons, in
the Windows task bar. Again, the old icon is far superior, IMO.

With the new icon, I feel like I need glasses, it is so unclear. And it looks
like McDonalds' silver arches, tilted.

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