On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 11:17 +0100, Kris Thomsen wrote:
Maybe we could only use the white-echo-outline in bigger sizes and remove it in smaller sizes. I think this could work quite well if we make the corrections you suggest :)
Hrm, I'd be against dropping it for smaller sizes. It's an optical guide that helps to better define shape of the icon -- however this does not apply at all on this type of icon when the important content is drawn within...
It's a departure from my original opinion on this subject, but currently I believe the white echo outline is very suitable for icons like arrows, media icons (play, pause, stop, ...), adds a nice touch to dialog icons, but we should not push it everywhere when we can imagine it. Use, but don't overuse. I don't think that if we use this way we would increase inconsistency. On the contrary I think it would make the white outline less ordinary, something to notice and something to help distinguish actions from applications and something that would add echo perspective more special, personalized echoish feel, while maintaining good compatibility with upstream themes like tango/gnome and oxygen.
The white outline should be something that helps to define the icon -- i.e. should be used when the shape of the icon is main characteristic of the icon (like I said above about the arrows or media icons) -- but not when the important content is drawn within, which is this case, or when the object itself isn't suitable for adding this kind of thing (the more 3Dish objects like folders, monitors, boxes, ...).
Martin