Alternate MacVim Icon
Drew Yeaton
the MacVim community in the form of design work. I'm proposing an
alternate icon that I feel makes MacVim appear more at home on the
Mac. My design goals were few—
+ Give MacVim some character while keeping the familiar MacVim green
+ Align with the icon design suggestions in Apple's HIG
+ Give MacVim a modern appearance
View it on Dribbble here:
http://dribbble.com/shots/337065-MacVim-Icon-Updated
What do you think?
Chris Insinger
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Drew Yeaton
http://dribbble.com/shots/337065-MacVim-Icon-Updated-/attachments/15582
Cheers!
Billy Huang
Currently using one from deviantart which is awesome too.
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Phil Dobbin
Excellent behaviour, it looks great. Thank you :-)...
Cheers,
Phil...
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Nothing to see here... move along, move along
George V. Reilly
I like it, but it probably ought to say "vim", not "vi".
I like it
Dominik Gehl
Dominik
Eric Weir
I was going to say, "It's a vi icon, not a vim icon." But then the current MacVim icon doesn't say "vim" either.
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Eric Weir
On Dec 1, 2011, at 8:11 AM, Dominik Gehl wrote:
> Like it ! Just not 100% sure about the screwdriver … how about a pocket knife instead ? That would maybe express better the idea of vim being a multi-purpose tool
Or a stylized image of an actual multi-purpose tool, e.g., an adaptation of something like this.
http://www.leatherman.com/product/Juice_C2
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Phil Dobbin
> Or a stylized image of an actual multi-purpose tool, e.g., an adaptation of
> something like this.
> http://www.leatherman.com/product/Juice_C2
The name of the app escapes me presently but a similar icon of a Leatherman
is already in existence.
Caleb Eggensperger
Drew Yeaton
björn
> Thanks for pointing out this conversation.
>
> I understand the reticence with regards to changing something that's hasn't
> changed in a long time (eg. the vim icon). However, I think pushing forward
> on this is a worthy cause—if nothing more that to attempt to move MacVim
> forward as a product. However, It is slightly discouraging to see the
> conversation about this shut down so abruptly with little reason.
I think it is great that you decided to design your own icon, and a
lot of people seem to appreciate it. Wonderful! (I mean it, I'm not
being facetious)
...but, unfortunately I still stand by my earlier posts: I do not want
to change the icon to something that does not closely resemble the
official Vim icon that is displayed on www.vim.org ("the green diamond
with a V").
I have made a serious effort to make MacVim not deviate from Vim on
other platforms. This really is supposed to be Vim on the Mac and not
a fork of Vim, or a Vim clone. To me the icon is a good indication
that MacVim is Vim. A lot of Vim users feel _very_ strongly about
keeping things uniform across platforms and as soon as I change one
little thing they tend to speak up. This is perhaps my strongest
reason for not wanting to change the icon.
That being said: I'm not a fan of the "diamond and V" design myself
and I have been vocal about this in the past. However, I've put my
own wishes to the side on this issue so saying "no" to new icons is
not something I am particularly happy about. My rather abrupt
statement in the thread that was linked to by Caleb was an attempt for
people to stop asking me about this, but I guess that was not the best
way to deal with it. (There is at least one older thread were this
has been discussed as well.)
Anyway, the right person to approach regarding a redesign for the Vim
icon is Bram Moolenaar (the author of Vim). I for one would be happy
if you could convince him that it is about time for the Vim icon to
receive a facelift.
In the meantime, the best idea would be to publish step-by-step
instructions on how to get your redesigned icon and replace the
default icon. You are welcome to add a page to the MacVim wiki [1].
Björn
Blake Winton
> On 2 December 2011 02:00, Drew Yeaton wrote:
>> I understand the reticence with regards to changing something that's hasn't
>> changed in a long time (eg. the vim icon).
> other platforms. This really is supposed to be Vim on the Mac and not
> a fork of Vim, or a Vim clone. To me the icon is a good indication
> that MacVim is Vim. A lot of Vim users feel _very_ strongly about
> keeping things uniform across platforms and as soon as I change one
> little thing they tend to speak up. This is perhaps my strongest
> reason for not wanting to change the icon.
Would you consider allowing people a choice of icons in the Preferences?
As far as I can tell, the preferences are quite MacVim-specific already,
so adding options there shouldn't be nearly as controversial…
Later,
Blake.
Phil Dobbin
> Would you consider allowing people a choice of icons in the Preferences?
>
> As far as I can tell, the preferences are quite MacVim-specific already,
> so adding options there shouldn't be nearly as controversialŠ
Well, it's only a case of opening the package contents, storing the original
icon elsewhere & replacing it with the new one (all whilst MacVim's not
running ;-)... this can be done with any app's icon. It would be undesirable
to package MacVim this way & then distribute it of course.
Cheers,
Phil.
Blake Winton
> On 2/12/11 18:36, "Blake Winton"<bwi...@latte.ca> wrote:
>> Would you consider allowing people a choice of icons in the Preferences?
>>
>> As far as I can tell, the preferences are quite MacVim-specific already,
>> so adding options there shouldn't be nearly as controversialŠ
>
> Well, it's only a case of opening the package contents, storing the original
> running ;-)... this can be done with any app's icon. It would be undesirable
It's easier than that, for end users, at least…
http://pimpmymac.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/how-to-change-icons/
But neither of those are something I'ld expect normal people (or non-mac
people) to do, whereas a preference would work and be easy enough that
almost anyone could find it.
Later,
Blake.
Phil Dobbin
> It's easier than that, for end users, at least...
>
> http://pimpmymac.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/how-to-change-icons/
>
> But neither of those are something I'ld expect normal people (or non-mac
> people) to do, whereas a preference would work and be easy enough that
> almost anyone could find it.
I'd forgotten about that particular route. Used to use it in Classic Mac
OS...
Drew Yeaton
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