I'm removing the 'beta' branding from the Android version of the Commons app for our next release.
This provisional commit replaces the current beta icons with the icons I found in the WMF design DropBox, and also tosses in a copy of the PSD source file (compressed as it's huge) under a 'scratch' directory so we don't lose it:
https://github.com/brion/android-commons/commit/811a23c17fa9a0cb52171c17561c...
Design folks who worked on the icons, please confirm if this is the correct icon set -- it's a little different from the beta icon, and I don't know whether that's deliberate or not. :) If there are newer assets for this please let me know and I'll merge them instead!
Thanks!
-- brion
Jared, any issue with us using these?
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm removing the 'beta' branding from the Android version of the Commons app for our next release.
This provisional commit replaces the current beta icons with the icons I found in the WMF design DropBox, and also tosses in a copy of the PSD source file (compressed as it's huge) under a 'scratch' directory so we don't lose it:
https://github.com/brion/android-commons/commit/811a23c17fa9a0cb52171c17561c...
Design folks who worked on the icons, please confirm if this is the correct icon set -- it's a little different from the beta icon, and I don't know whether that's deliberate or not. :) If there are newer assets for this please let me know and I'll merge them instead!
Thanks!
-- brion
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-1 from me, since they don't follow the Android Design Guidelines https://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html
Look a bit iOS-ey.
-- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog
Yuvi,
thanks for those guidelines, very helpful. I agree it is very stylistically similar to iOS app launch icons, however in general it seems like android icons are very literal in their symbology, I'm not sure what the commons app would be if it were a *thing… *Killing the heavy radius and putting the logo on a tile might make it fit more in the ecosystem e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote&hl=en What is the timeline?
I can have May look into creating a new asset based on the Android icon style guidelines.
* * * * *Jared Zimmerman * \ Director of User Experience \ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmermanhttps://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Yuvi Panda yuvipanda@gmail.com wrote:
-1 from me, since they don't follow the Android Design Guidelines https://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html
Look a bit iOS-ey.
-- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Jared Zimmerman < jared.zimmerman@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Yuvi,
thanks for those guidelines, very helpful. I agree it is very stylistically similar to iOS app launch icons, however in general it seems like android icons are very literal in their symbology, I'm not sure what the commons app would be if it were a *thing… *Killing the heavy radius and putting the logo on a tile might make it fit more in the ecosystem e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote&hl=en What is the timeline?
Yes, that seems to fit in much better with Android :)
I can have May look into creating a new asset based on the Android icon style guidelines.
Wonderful! <3
Bump! Would be nice if it is possible to get the Android spec'd logo - we haven't made a release in a month, I'd like to get one out in the next couple of days...
-- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog
Our visual designer May has been working on an update for the Wikipedia webapp bookmark (homescreen) icon as well as an update to the Commons uploader app, but she's been out due to the stomach virus making its rounds in the SF office. I'm hoping she'll be able to wrap up by end of week if she's back in the office tomorrow.
* * * * *Jared Zimmerman * \ Director of User Experience \ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmermanhttps://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Yuvi Panda yuvipanda@gmail.com wrote:
Bump! Would be nice if it is possible to get the Android spec'd logo - we haven't made a release in a month, I'd like to get one out in the next couple of days...
-- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Jared Zimmerman < jared.zimmerman@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Our visual designer May has been working on an update for the Wikipedia webapp bookmark (homescreen) icon as well as an update to the Commons uploader app, but she's been out due to the stomach virus making its rounds in the SF office. I'm hoping she'll be able to wrap up by end of week if she's back in the office tomorrow.
Also a heads-up for the iOS icons: iOS 7 is going with a flatter visual style and is redesigning all the system icons. So we may want to go with something more "Jelly Bean"-flavored which should look good on Android and iOS 7 too, and still look ok on 6.
-- brion
Already ahead of you…
* * * * *Jared Zimmerman * \ Director of User Experience \ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmermanhttps://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Jared Zimmerman < jared.zimmerman@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Our visual designer May has been working on an update for the Wikipedia webapp bookmark (homescreen) icon as well as an update to the Commons uploader app, but she's been out due to the stomach virus making its rounds in the SF office. I'm hoping she'll be able to wrap up by end of week if she's back in the office tomorrow.
Also a heads-up for the iOS icons: iOS 7 is going with a flatter visual style and is redesigning all the system icons. So we may want to go with something more "Jelly Bean"-flavored which should look good on Android and iOS 7 too, and still look ok on 6.
-- brion
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I don't know a ton about android icons, it *looks* fine, but I'm unaware if the OS adds crop and gloss, you're team would probably be the best to know that, is is possible to show me what the icon looks like on the device before pushing it to the app store?
* * * * *Jared Zimmerman * \ Director of User Experience \ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmermanhttps://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Tomasz Finc tfinc@wikimedia.org wrote:
Jared, any issue with us using these?
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm removing the 'beta' branding from the Android version of the Commons
app
for our next release.
This provisional commit replaces the current beta icons with the icons I found in the WMF design DropBox, and also tosses in a copy of the PSD
source
file (compressed as it's huge) under a 'scratch' directory so we don't
lose
it:
https://github.com/brion/android-commons/commit/811a23c17fa9a0cb52171c17561c...
Design folks who worked on the icons, please confirm if this is the
correct
icon set -- it's a little different from the beta icon, and I don't know whether that's deliberate or not. :) If there are newer assets for this please let me know and I'll merge them instead!
Thanks!
-- brion
Design mailing list Design@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design
Here's my Android phone's home screen with this version of the icon. (Attached)
-- brion On May 22, 2013 10:57 AM, "Jared Zimmerman" jared.zimmerman@wikimedia.org wrote:
I don't know a ton about android icons, it *looks* fine, but I'm unaware if the OS adds crop and gloss, you're team would probably be the best to know that, is is possible to show me what the icon looks like on the device before pushing it to the app store?
*Jared Zimmerman * \ Director of User Experience \ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmermanhttps://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Tomasz Finc tfinc@wikimedia.org wrote:
Jared, any issue with us using these?
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm removing the 'beta' branding from the Android version of the
Commons app
for our next release.
This provisional commit replaces the current beta icons with the icons I found in the WMF design DropBox, and also tosses in a copy of the PSD
source
file (compressed as it's huge) under a 'scratch' directory so we don't
lose
it:
https://github.com/brion/android-commons/commit/811a23c17fa9a0cb52171c17561c...
Design folks who worked on the icons, please confirm if this is the
correct
icon set -- it's a little different from the beta icon, and I don't know whether that's deliberate or not. :) If there are newer assets for this please let me know and I'll merge them instead!
Thanks!
-- brion
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