Hi Thomas,
Thomas Chung wrote:
Sorry, if you discuss this issue already in the past.
Is there a reason why we can't use existing RHN notification icons?
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/4.0/s1-applet-notification-icons.html
Are these icons also trademarks of Red Hat and can't be integrated in
Fedora Core?
Actually, the rhn-applet icons are GPL and we are free to use them so there
isn't any problem there.
There are a few reasons to not use them though:
1) The rhn-applet icons take up a bit too much of the 24 x 24 grid they get on
the panel. Many panel icons have a bit more of a margin to them.
2) The rhn-applet icons are Bluecurve; since we're trying to move to Diana's new
style, we're looking to have icons that match that style better. This is a good
opportunity to get an app that uses the new style to see how people like it!
3) As discussed a bit on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumApplet, these icons
are going to be notification icons rather than an applet, so there won't always
be an icon there taking up space on the panel. The package will only appear if
updates are available, for example - it won't always be displayed. If your
system is updated, you won't see it. The 'everything is OK' checkmark doesn't
make as much sense in this context because you'd never see the everything is OK
icon then. :)
4) We actually somewhat recently made some changes to the way the icons look
within the RHN web ui, so the rhn-applet icons don't even match the icons in the
RHN web ui exactly anymore anyway (they're not all circular anymore, they use
different shapes)
5) It's fun to make new icons! :)
~m
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