Air was the wallpaper we introduced in KDE 4.2, but that is just the beginning of something larger. Air is supposed to be different than what Oxygen is, something that tries to appeal to a user base looking for a more "sexy" experience than Oxygen (yeah I know you are out there :) ), but to still have the capability of merging nicely with what we have now. The first thing we started working on was a Plasma theme. Plasma, with it's immense plasticity and a fantastic coder team, allows us to try to push for new ideas. Another extremely cool thing about Plasma is it's ability to become anything you want it to be. So a user in KDE 4.3 might have a desktop that looks like this, if that is his wish, without having to use external software: (click for fullscreen mode) This is an example of how simple one can make a desktop in the 4.3 Plasma once we all manage to get all of our plans working. The new systray speck will help, the work being done on the task bar will allow you ...
Last week was wonderful for oxygen, we set a net commit record. And made some of the most exiting work i have seen so far has icon goes.
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- i had problems to identify the whwite blob as a mouse
But none the less, thanks a lot for your efforts!
the shadow in the cup is corect couse its not a shadow only its the under part of the plate.
its a ergonomic mouse like most modern mouses i actuly wen to a store and counted the mouse they had in display, most of them were ergonomic.
thank you for the comments
It is not the artistically most pleasing or oh so innovative icon (that's what you icon designers are striving for) that works. Nor is it the one that reflects the most current trend in pointing devices (that's what the shops are selling).
It is the icon that underlines everything mice have had in common for quite some time now: Two buttons and a scroll wheel, nothing else. Not the fancy ergonomic squiggle, not the red light on the top, not the focus on right-handedness. These unimportant details just distract people and make them think instead of recognize.
The tea cup and the glass are fine, but what will they represent ? uh a Java program ?
I'd like to know :)
The good thing about a glass is that its a visual way to join multipple objects and still see them.
Yes the coffe cup will be java related, depending of usage i will had some more information.
- what is the third icon? KDE coins?
Sorry, the artwork is beautiful but I don't think the icon are "iconic" enough... It obviously depend on the context where you see them, but then again I think their meaning should be a little more "obvious" :-)
Ciao,
Roberto
We asked me for Oxygen sounds some months ago, well, I created a blog here with all our KDE4 sounds.
Tell Nuno Povoa to join us ;)
ó Nuno identifica ai essa barrinha toda pipi que tens em cima, sff
Cumprimentos
Obrigado!
PS: Grandes icons aqui, sim senhor!
Great stuff.
But are you people able to figure it out that great looking desktop environment can not be complete with nice font.
nuno, do you have plans to port your nuvola icons to kde4 (in case we don't like oxygen so much ;-))?
Since one of the effects to indicate ghosted icons (or highlited icons) is to desaturate/saturate them, it will not be possible to distinguish these icons from the inactive/active ones.