| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Scott Bailey <artacus(at)comcast(dot)net>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pgAdmin Icon |
| Date: | 2009-11-19 12:12:34 |
| Message-ID: | 1258632754.21292.60.camel@fsopti579.F-Secure.com |
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On tor, 2009-11-19 at 09:43 +0900, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 11/19/09 9:07 AM, Scott Bailey wrote:
> > While we are on the topic of logos, I want to point out how awful the
> > pgAdmin icon looks. It looks like it was blown up from an 8x8 pixel MS
> > Paint drawing.
> >
> > On Ubuntu the icon looks absolutely out of place in a panel full of high
> > color, 3D looking logos. On Windows, it doesn't stand out quite as much
> > (at least on XP, no idea about Vista or 7). But I guarantee it will be
> > the ugliest looking icon on your taskbar. For someone installing
> > Postgres on their system, this is THE graphical representation of
> > Postgres. And I think the message it is sending about us is not very
> > good... especially when we high quality icons available on pgFoundry.
>
> Patch?
>
> ;-)
The icon is available in all the formats of the world. You just need to
use them. Clearly, the people behind pgAdmin and StackBuilder can
create the logic to select the right icon format depending on the
platform.
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