Description: I wanted a new icon for rhythmbox and I thought a Tivoli-style radio icon might be nice. A "tangoified" version can be found in the "Tango addon" package.
I try to follow the guidelines as much as I can, but some things simply don't work with the default guidelines imho, which is where I use my own "artistic inspiration". It is not an official Tango addon, never was thought as such. If you don't like it, don't use it. This is why it is available as a separate download. ;)
If you examine this and the other icons, you will see that all colours are from the Tango palette.
Some things, like having a 1px dark outline, are important so the icon stands out from the background. Having different sizes is important so that the icon isn't a big blur when you make it small. The Tango standards are there for very good reasons, and I think that you shouldn't associate this set with Tango if you don't follow them. The icons here, no matter how nice they may be, are wholly incompatible with the set.
Agreed, some things should be improved here and there. I am already working on fixing the 1 px outline that was broken on a few icons. I already tried the non-flat perspective from the guidelines for the radio, but ... it looks simply bad in the stretched perspective mode. :(
About different icon sizes: This will follow later, once all basic svg files are done. I will not add them before the svg files are 100% correct and complete (otherwise I would have to export them over and over again!) The necessary file information will also follow later. This is a work in progress ( Remember: I am far away from the 1.0 version!) and Rome wasn't built in one day either, ;)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Like your work.
How can this be a Tango add-on if it doesn't follow the tango design guidelines?
I try to follow the guidelines as much as I can, but some things simply don't work with the default guidelines imho, which is where I use my own "artistic inspiration". It is not an official Tango addon, never was thought as such. If you don't like it, don't use it. This is why it is available as a separate download. ;) If you examine this and the other icons, you will see that all colours are from the Tango palette.
it wouldn't be to hard for some one else to tango-fy it ;)
Some things, like having a 1px dark outline, are important so the icon stands out from the background. Having different sizes is important so that the icon isn't a big blur when you make it small. The Tango standards are there for very good reasons, and I think that you shouldn't associate this set with Tango if you don't follow them. The icons here, no matter how nice they may be, are wholly incompatible with the set.
Agreed, some things should be improved here and there. I am already working on fixing the 1 px outline that was broken on a few icons. I already tried the non-flat perspective from the guidelines for the radio, but ... it looks simply bad in the stretched perspective mode. :( About different icon sizes: This will follow later, once all basic svg files are done. I will not add them before the svg files are 100% correct and complete (otherwise I would have to export them over and over again!) The necessary file information will also follow later. This is a work in progress ( Remember: I am far away from the 1.0 version!) and Rome wasn't built in one day either, ;) Thanks for sharing your thoughts.