[jsword-devel] [JIRA] Commented: (BD-169) replace icons from jlfgr.jar

[DM Smith (JIRA)]

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DM Smith commented on BD-169:
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Chris, it's not an issue with maven. We've had several suggestions for improved images. Usually, it is simply a matter of personal preference.

This really is part of a bigger desire:

Couple of goals:
# better looking icons, having a consistent look & feel
 We have a couple of icons (e.g. blur 1, blur 5, the "Book" icons) that are ugly.
# icons which are understandable in an international context
 The book icons are a letter corresponding to an English word for the category of books. (I think we have an open issue for this one.)
# icons which can be easily be replaced by a user
 By using a standard naming convention e.g. http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html
 we can allow for a user to drop the set into ~/.jsword and have it replace the ones on the app. An example of this would be the Tango icons for Gnome/KDE. And if such a set were installed by the user on their machine (e.g. Linux) as a theme, then it'd be nice to use it.
# As monitor resolutions increase, the apparent size of the icons decreases. It'd be nice to allow for or be ready for "device independence".


> replace icons from jlfgr.jar
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>
>                 Key: BD-169
>                 URL: http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/BD-169
>             Project: Bible Desktop
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: utilities
>    Affects Versions: 1.6
>            Reporter: DM Smith
>            Assignee: DM Smith
>            Priority: Trivial
>             Fix For: 1.6.1
>
>
> The jlfgr jar contains icons from Sun, now Oracle.
> They were a nice way to get "standard" icons. However, they never became "standard".
> By replacing them, we simplify dependencies and help our development of maven builds.

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