(no subject)

Dear ReactOs-Team,

first of all i have to tell you that you make a great job. Go on with it.

Unfortunately i have no skills in programming, but in computergraphics.
Of course the programming is now more important than the design. So i think that you
dont pay the design much attention now. But in this point i can help you - if
you want.

I started to make a new icon set for ReactOs (click on the link). I tried to
make it different from
Windows, but not too different. Just enough to see a difference, but also to
understand immediately
what the icons stand for, if you know Windows. They look very serious and have
not that
"colorful-mainstream-children-windows-xp" design...   :-)

Notice: The icon for the unknown file types are changed right now by me. As you
can see in the forum on the website, there were advices for a better icon. I´ll
follow them.

http://www.rene.boyke.de/newicons.jpg

If you want, take a look. There are just three on the website. If you dont like
them, i will stop
designing more. If you do like them, i will go on with the work.

Of course they are all for free. Here is my eMail, if you are interested:
boyke-jura(a)stud-mailer.uni-marburg.de


greetings

Nice job, keep on with it, we need some design sooner or later and I
prefer sooner :)
cheers

Emil

Op za 06-03-2004, om 22:55 schreef Boyke(a)students.uni-marburg.de:
>   Dear ReactOs-Team,
>  
>  first of all i have to tell you that you make a great job. Go on with it.
>  
>  Unfortunately i have no skills in programming, but in computergraphics.
>  Of course the programming is now more important than the design. So i think that you
>  dont pay the design much attention now. But in this point i can help you - if
>  you want.
>  
>  I started to make a new icon set for ReactOs (click on the link). I tried to
>  make it different from
>  Windows, but not too different. Just enough to see a difference, but also to
>  understand immediately
>  what the icons stand for, if you know Windows. They look very serious and have
>  not that
>  "colorful-mainstream-children-windows-xp" design...   :-)
>  
>  Notice: The icon for the unknown file types are changed right now by me. As you
>  can see in the forum on the website, there were advices for a better icon. I´ll
>  follow them.
>  
>  http://www.rene.boyke.de/newicons.jpg
>  
>  If you want, take a look. There are just three on the website. If you dont like
>  them, i will stop
>  designing more. If you do like them, i will go on with the work.
>  
>  Of course they are all for free. Here is my eMail, if you are interested:
>  boyke-jura(a)stud-mailer.uni-marburg.de
>  
>  
>  greetings 
>  
>  
>  
>  _______________________________________________
>  ros-general mailing list
>  ros-general(a)reactos.com
>  http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general

[Andrew "Silver Blade" Greenwood]

I'm not too keen on the "trash" icon, mainly because it doesn't make
its
purpose very clear.

At present, it looks just like a can of ReactOS.

It's un-necessary to have the ReactOS logo on every icon, especially the
trash (what are you trying to say?! lol)

Aside from that, I really like the other 2 icons. I think the middle one
would suit applications with no icon of their own, etc. best, as "My
Computer" obviously would look better with some sort of relevant icon.

And finally, the unknown document icon does the job well :)

Sorry for the criticism, just thought I'd offer some (helpful?) advice. Nice
work in any case!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Boyke(a)students.uni-marburg.de>
To: <ros-general(a)reactos.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:55 PM
Subject: [ros-general] (no subject)



Dear ReactOs-Team,

first of all i have to tell you that you make a great job. Go on with it.

Unfortunately i have no skills in programming, but in computergraphics.
Of course the programming is now more important than the design. So i think
that you
dont pay the design much attention now. But in this point i can help you -
if
you want.

I started to make a new icon set for ReactOs (click on the link). I tried to
make it different from
Windows, but not too different. Just enough to see a difference, but also to
understand immediately
what the icons stand for, if you know Windows. They look very serious and
have
not that
"colorful-mainstream-children-windows-xp" design...   :-)

Notice: The icon for the unknown file types are changed right now by me. As
you
can see in the forum on the website, there were advices for a better icon.
I´ll
follow them.

http://www.rene.boyke.de/newicons.jpg

If you want, take a look. There are just three on the website. If you dont
like
them, i will stop
designing more. If you do like them, i will go on with the work.

Of course they are all for free. Here is my eMail, if you are interested:
boyke-jura(a)stud-mailer.uni-marburg.de


greetings



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[Rick Parrish]

Andrew "Silver Blade" Greenwood wrote:

>  At present, it looks just like a can of ReactOS.
>   
>  
That could be a good thing.

Quote: "Dont make me open a can of React-OS ..."

(I though the icons did a good job of promoting the React-OS brand)

-rick

Thanks for you critics,

in some points i agree with you. The trash icon really looks a bit thin in a
way. I ve made a full one, too. But i dont really like it how it looks now. I´ll
try a new one. The unknown file icon is another one now. It has a questionmark
in the center. I think it looks much better and transport the message clearer.
Also, i ve done a folder. But it is the first version. So i´ll improve it.

For now, the "computer" and "unknow file" icons are near to be
finished.

You can see them on my website: http://www.rene.boyke.de/

sincerly

René



Quoting "Andrew \"Silver Blade\" Greenwood"
<lists(a)silverblade.co.uk>uk>:

>   I'm not too keen on the "trash" icon,
> mainly because it doesn't make its
>  purpose very clear.
>  
>  At present, it looks just like a can of ReactOS.
>  
>  It's un-necessary to have the ReactOS logo on every icon, especially the
>  trash (what are you trying to say?! lol)
>  
>  Aside from that, I really like the other 2 icons. I think the middle one
>  would suit applications with no icon of their own, etc. best, as "My
>  Computer" obviously would look better with some sort of relevant icon.
>  
>  And finally, the unknown document icon does the job well :)
>  
>  Sorry for the criticism, just thought I'd offer some (helpful?) advice.
>  Nice
>  work in any case!
>  
>  
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: <Boyke(a)students.uni-marburg.de>
>  To: <ros-general(a)reactos.com>
>  Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:55 PM
>  Subject: [ros-general] (no subject)
>  
>  
>  
>  Dear ReactOs-Team,
>  
>  first of all i have to tell you that you make a great job. Go on with it.
>  
>  Unfortunately i have no skills in programming, but in computergraphics.
>  Of course the programming is now more important than the design. So i think
>  that you
>  dont pay the design much attention now. But in this point i can help you -
>  if
>  you want.
>  
>  I started to make a new icon set for ReactOs (click on the link). I tried
>  to
>  make it different from
>  Windows, but not too different. Just enough to see a difference, but also
>  to
>  understand immediately
>  what the icons stand for, if you know Windows. They look very serious and
>  have
>  not that
>  "colorful-mainstream-children-windows-xp" design...   :-)
>  
>  Notice: The icon for the unknown file types are changed right now by me. As
>  you
>  can see in the forum on the website, there were advices for a better icon.
>  I´ll
>  follow them.
>  
>  http://www.rene.boyke.de/newicons.jpg
>  
>  If you want, take a look. There are just three on the website. If you dont
>  like
>  them, i will stop
>  designing more. If you do like them, i will go on with the work.
>  
>  Of course they are all for free. Here is my eMail, if you are interested:
>  boyke-jura(a)stud-mailer.uni-marburg.de
>  
>  
>  greetings
>  
>  
>  
>  _______________________________________________
>  ros-general mailing list
>  ros-general(a)reactos.com
>  http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>  
>  
>  _______________________________________________
>  ros-general mailing list
>  ros-general(a)reactos.com
>  http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>

>   Thanks for you critics,
>
>  in some points i agree with you. The trash icon really looks a bit thin
>  in a way. I ve made a full one, too. But i dont really like it how it
>  looks now. I´ll try a new one. The unknown file icon is another one now.
>  It has a questionmark in the center. I think it looks much better and
>  transport the message clearer. Also, i ve done a folder. But it is the
>  first version. So i´ll improve it.
>
>  For now, the "computer" and "unknow file" icons are near to be
> finished.
>
>  You can see them on my website: http://www.rene.boyke.de/
>
>  sincerly
>
>  René 
i like these a lot. they are professional, consistant and restrained. most
linux distros fail in these areas. i agree entirely that as open source
software, anyone can change the look and feel and re-distibute it, but
part of microsofts dominance is down to consistency. i.e. users know what
to expect, and most users don't bother to change the appearance beyond
sticking a photo on the background. i think that if the base distro looks
professional and fairly familiar to users, it has a far better chance of
acceptance.

les

[Aleksey Bragin]

        Hi Rene,
though I'm a bit late with my reply, but I can't stand not to say your
graphics look great. And I do like the cans (empty and full) which are
online at your site now. ReactOS logo on them adds a little fun (though some
people in Russia _might_ understand it wrong way - i.e. Russia imports
nuclear waste to process them, and many ppl dislike this, but still I like
this idea, and don't want it to be dropped because of bad associations).

I would prefer My Computer icon to be something like a computer or monitor
or flat-panel or AT-form-factor computer -- just a ROS logo isn't
descriptive enough.

And I like very much folder icon and unknown file.



Thanks for your work from me also! It'd be cool if you could create the
whole icon-theme package for ROS (and also suitable for WinXP - so I can use
right over XP to promote ROS :-) )

With the best regards,
Aleksey Bragin.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Boyke(a)students.uni-marburg.de>
To: <ros-general(a)reactos.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [ros-general] (no subject)


>   Thanks for you critics,
>
>  in some points i agree with you. The trash icon really looks a bit thin in 
a
>   way. I ve made a full one, too. But i dont really like
> it how it looks 
now. I´ll
>   try a new one. The unknown file icon is another one
> now. It has a 
questionmark
>   in the center. I think it looks much better and
> transport the message 
clearer.
>   Also, i ve done a folder. But it is the first version.
> So i´ll improve it.
>
>  For now, the "computer" and "unknow file" icons are near to be
> finished.
>
>  You can see them on my website: http://www.rene.boyke.de/
>
>  sincerly
>
>  René
>
>
>
>  Quoting "Andrew \"Silver Blade\" Greenwood"
> <lists(a)silverblade.co.uk>uk>:
>
>  > I'm not too keen on the "trash" icon, mainly because it doesn't
> make its
>  > purpose very clear.
>  >
>  > At present, it looks just like a can of ReactOS.
>  >
>  > It's un-necessary to have the ReactOS logo on every icon, especially the
>  > trash (what are you trying to say?! lol)
>  >
>  > Aside from that, I really like the other 2 icons. I think the middle one
>  > would suit applications with no icon of their own, etc. best, as "My
>  > Computer" obviously would look better with some sort of relevant icon.
>  >
>  > And finally, the unknown document icon does the job well :)
>  >
>  > Sorry for the criticism, just thought I'd offer some (helpful?) advice.
>  > Nice
>  > work in any case!
>  >
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message ----- 
>  > From: <Boyke(a)students.uni-marburg.de>
>  > To: <ros-general(a)reactos.com>
>  > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:55 PM
>  > Subject: [ros-general] (no subject)
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Dear ReactOs-Team,
>  >
>  > first of all i have to tell you that you make a great job. Go on with 
it.
>   >
>  > Unfortunately i have no skills in programming, but in computergraphics.
>  > Of course the programming is now more important than the design. So i 
think
>   > that you
>  > dont pay the design much attention now. But in this point i can help 
you -
>   > if
>  > you want.
>  >
>  > I started to make a new icon set for ReactOs (click on the link). I 
tried
>   > to
>  > make it different from
>  > Windows, but not too different. Just enough to see a difference, but 
also
>   > to
>  > understand immediately
>  > what the icons stand for, if you know Windows. They look very serious 
and
>   > have
>  > not that
>  > "colorful-mainstream-children-windows-xp" design...   :-)
>  >
>  > Notice: The icon for the unknown file types are changed right now by me. 
As
>   > you
>  > can see in the forum on the website, there were advices for a better 
icon.
>   > I´ll
>  > follow them.
>  >
>  > http://www.rene.boyke.de/newicons.jpg
>  >
>  > If you want, take a look. There are just three on the website. If you 
dont
>   > like
>  > them, i will stop
>  > designing more. If you do like them, i will go on with the work.
>  >
>  > Of course they are all for free. Here is my eMail, if you are 
interested:
> >  
> > boyke-jura(a)stud-mailer.uni-marburg.de
> >
> >
> >  greetings
> >
> >
> >
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  ros-general mailing list
> >  ros-general(a)reactos.com
> >  http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
> >
> >
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  ros-general mailing list
> >  ros-general(a)reactos.com
> >  http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
> >  
>  _______________________________________________
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[Semyon Novikov]

Great work!!!

Thank you!

--
Best Regards.
tappak