[sword-devel] Logos, Graphics etc.

Chris Little sword-devel@crosswire.org
Sun, 25 Aug 2002 10:54:17 -0700 (MST)


On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Christian Renz wrote:

> >     2) Does anyone think that a new Logo and icons (back, search, lookup
> >...) is needed???
> 
> I think the splash screen is kind of nice, but the Windows icon and
> buttons (including the check mark next to the verse display which
> doesn't look like  a button right now) could need some work.
> 
> Just go ahead and make some suggestions! If you use a layer-capable
> software such as Photoshop, try to design the buttons in a way that
> the text can be replaced -- so that they can be translated to other
> languages. 

Actually, if we want to replace icons & buttons, they should be done
without text (another very basic GUI design guideline that should not be
broken).  The exception is stuff that actually identifies Sword/CrossWire.

Stuff that needs text should be text, not graphic.

--Chris