Interface layout

raphaellavor · 04-08-2014, 06:29 PM

Good evening everyone!

My name is Raphael, I'm a brazilian designer and I am finishing my college of Product Design.

I was wondering if the community has a project to improve the visual identity of the software (icons, logo, user interface, etc). I searched before, but not found any relevant topic on the subject.

I wonder if they are willing to open a space to improve the visual identity of the software, and finally, if you are willing to put myself available to take forward the project.

For now I thank you, and I apologize for the English, because I'm using gtranslator.

Sincerely
Raphael

facebook.com/raphaelslavor

kovidgoyal · 04-08-2014, 11:00 PM

You are welcome to contribute icons. Many of the icons in calibre are simply collected from different places. It would be nice to have a consistently styled set of icons.

However, changing icons has a cost, it upsets users who have become used to a particular set of icons. So, there are two possible approaches you can take:

1) You can work on icons that are somewhat less common first, changing them to be consistent with the style of the main icons

2) You can create a full custom icon set and release it like the other icons sets here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=151397

If you do (1) and work a few icons at a time, with continuous feedback from me, your work is likely to be accepted into main calibre quickly.

If you want to do (2) then you will need to agree to a set of guidelines for the new icon set and an overall look/scheme for them. See for example my comments here: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/pull/175

theducks · 04-08-2014, 11:17 PM

Just a heads up: Remember there are icons embedded in the various Plugins that are not part of the base Calibre.
As it stands, the ones I have do not behave like a sore thumb with the current Icon set.

04-08-2014, 06:29 PM	#1
raphaellavor Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: Kindle	Interface layout Good evening everyone! My name is Raphael, I'm a brazilian designer and I am finishing my college of Product Design. I was wondering if the community has a project to improve the visual identity of the software (icons, logo, user interface, etc). I searched before, but not found any relevant topic on the subject. I wonder if they are willing to open a space to improve the visual identity of the software, and finally, if you are willing to put myself available to take forward the project. For now I thank you, and I apologize for the English, because I'm using gtranslator. Sincerely Raphael facebook.com/raphaelslavor

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04-08-2014, 11:00 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,344 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You are welcome to contribute icons. Many of the icons in calibre are simply collected from different places. It would be nice to have a consistently styled set of icons. However, changing icons has a cost, it upsets users who have become used to a particular set of icons. So, there are two possible approaches you can take: 1) You can work on icons that are somewhat less common first, changing them to be consistent with the style of the main icons 2) You can create a full custom icon set and release it like the other icons sets here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=151397 If you do (1) and work a few icons at a time, with continuous feedback from me, your work is likely to be accepted into main calibre quickly. If you want to do (2) then you will need to agree to a set of guidelines for the new icon set and an overall look/scheme for them. See for example my comments here: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/pull/175

04-08-2014, 11:17 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Just a heads up: Remember there are icons embedded in the various Plugins that are not part of the base Calibre. As it stands, the ones I have do not behave like a sore thumb with the current Icon set.

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