Mousebumples said:
I tried EuroBright to test the new icons, and my brain kept going "No, No, No! What are you doing?" Because I don't like EuroBright (too bright!) so it's hard to rationally analyze the new icons.
I am a creature of habit, though, I'll admit.
I'll try to propagate the new icons to the classic theme so that people can provide some feedback there.
Lethen said:
I wouldn't miss the new buttons/icons if we got rid of them. I neither love nor hate them (I use EuroBright btw).
Do you mean all of them (e.g., including those in the edit/quote/etc buttons and header), or just those indicating thread activity when viewing a forum?
There are so far five sets of new images and icons:
1) SVG versions of identical pre-existing images. These include the header skyline, the forum statistics images (Euro flag, three bars, etc.), and the footer advertisements. These should be straightforward and are definitely staying.
2) New icons at top of the forum, next to "inbox", "preferences", etc., replacing similar older versions. As before, little difference visually in exchange for technical improvements, so definitely staying.
3) New icons in the third, colorful row of the header. I am ambivalent but the feedback so far has been mostly positive, so they are likely staying.
4) New icons in the "edit", "quote", "go to top" etc. buttons. These in turn fall into two sub-categories:
--- i. Replacements of near-identical older versions, e.g., the new versions of the PM envelope, and "go to top" arrow. Again, these are similar to and possibly better than the old versions, and offer technical improvements, so they are staying.
--- ii. New icons that didn't use to exist, e.g. those in "edit" and "quote", are new additions. Personally I am inclined to keep them, as I think they improve usability. If people don't like them, I won't mind ditching them.
5) New icons for thread activity when viewing the contents of a forum. These replace older icons, and are also considerably different in appearance. I am very disinclined to bring the old icons back, as that would mean that the icon upgrade would be incomplete. However, I am definitely not fond of the current form of the new version, and feedback from others also seems to be negative. I will work on improving the new icons - potentially by just making them look much more similar to the old ones.
TAC Saxton said:
Not sure if you intend on doing anything with the icons below each members avatar, but the Justice icons are so blurry they're practically illegible (and the neon green isn't helping either.) All the others are fine as they are. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
I hope to replace those eventually, but that's a very long-term project - I've been meaning to deal with those for more than 2 years
. Granted, I no longer have anything else to do in NS, but I also have much less time overall to spend on NS than I used to.