Re: [odf-adoption] Unified ODF Icons with OOo 3.2

[Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

Hi Louis,

   Would it not make more sense to have each of the icons state the  
type of document? I honestly don't know what application the stack of  
coins or the epsilon represent.

Mary






On Sep 18, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Following a discussion held last spring, in the 09 March 2009  
> OpenOffice.org Engineering Steering Committee (ESC) [0], we at  
> OpenOffice.org are introducing a unified set document icons meant to  
> promote the OpenDocument Format (ODF) clearly and memorably, and  
> without regard to vendor or product identity.
>
> The argument in the March ESC meeting was for an icon set that  
> raised the awareness of ODF as a format that works across all  
> platforms and implementations. The icons do not promote a vendor's  
> brand but the format's identity--a point that we've long debated  
> here and, if memory serves me right, long wanted.
>
> These icons will be used in OOo 3.2 as well as in the next release  
> of StarOffice. But they are not specific to those products nor  
> limited to them. Rather, they are free to be used by all other  
> implementations, as they are not vendor specific and do not make any  
> claim about vendor identity. We also recognize that they are a work  
> in progress, open and free of encumbrances, and so I am asking the  
> TC members here (and in other relevant OASIS TCs) to examine them,  
> discuss them, work on them, and if needed, improve them. These icons  
> are meant to promote the ODF, not a vendor's product. They are thus  
> in keeping with our stated goal here.
>
> Because the icons are not particular to any implementation but  
> general to all, they can be found at the ODF Toolkit Union [1], and  
> discussions related to the icons, as well as work, can reasonably be  
> held there. Of course, discussions related to them can be held here,  
> too.
>
> As well, I'm attaching a picture of them here:
>
>
>
> <PastedGraphic-1.tiff>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Louis
>
>
>
> [0] <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ESC_meeting_minutes_20090309#proposal_for_unified_ODF_Document_icons 
> >
>
> [1] <http://odftoolkit.org/projects/odftoolkit/pages/ODF-Icons>
>
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