Should we add more social/brand icons?

[SachinVarghese]

Add Custom Icon for Kubernetes.

• I have searched the issues of this repository and believe that this is not a duplicate.

Summary 💡

Custom icon similar to github, facebook etc as in this folder https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/packages/material-ui-icons/custom

Examples 🌈

The SVG logo found here SVG: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/logo/logo.svg

Motivation 🔦

I would like to use this custom icon in a project I am working on and happy to contribute if you could direct me on how to create and add more custom icons to this repo.

[oliviertassinari]

@SachinVarghese Thanks for the interest in adding new icons. However, at this point, the current policy with the custom icons is to cover the most frequent use cases (remove the need for another dependency). The Kubernetes icon doesn't qualify as "very frequent". Effectively, there is an opportunity cost in accepting more icons, at this point, it seems that it would be more of a distraction for us.

More information:

• You can find the current custom icons in this folder: /custom.
• You can find similar closed requests in the issue history.
• You might like this project https://simpleicons.org/ which targets the long tail of brand icons (1493 as we are speaking).

[SachinVarghese]

Thanks @oliviertassinari for the clarification and simple icons link!

[oliviertassinari]

It's pretty cool, by @PeterShaggyNoble.

You can even find our brand https://simpleicons.org/?q=material-ui

[oliviertassinari]

Another signal that goes in the same direction, saying no: Templarian/MaterialDesign#6602.

[tommymaher15]

I think discord would be quite useful particularly for linking community through landing pages. Would be super helpful!

[alanngo]

what was the final result of this issue?

[oliviertassinari]

what was the final result of this issue?

1. We don't add brand icons for the sake of adding them, ever.
2. For social icons, we only do this when:

• it's obvious that it's needed for page footer social links: [icons] Add TikTok icon #35100 (comment)
• it's obvious that it's needed for page sign-in flows, and only for the most common one:

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So not the long tail of icons and only one style. People can reach out to https://simpleicons.org/ for all the icons we don't & won't include like Kubernetes, Shopify, Amazon, LinkedIn, PayPal, etc.

[jamiehewitt15]

@oliviertassinari It's time to add Discord to the MUI Icon Library #35218

it's obvious that it's needed for page footer social links

The mui.com website has a discord icon in its own footer...

[ChristopherTrimboli]

Missing opportunity for MUI to launch partnered sponsored company logos for MUI to generate funding imo, but sure I'll use the directed: https://simpleicons.org/ suggestion instead. Odd to not do when probs 100k devs would instantly switch to native MUI company icons, just a thought.

[oliviertassinari]

@ChristopherTrimboli We need to focus on a core set of problems. This brand icon problem space feels like a distraction, hence a high opportunity cost.

One thing we might want to do though is to move all these brand icons we have #35100 (comment) into a new npm package. @mui/icons-material is about Material Design, it's strange to have these icons there, especially if we want to support another set of icons for the Joy theme.

[AnimusXCASH]

Hey, When will Discord Icon be added? A lot of projects are using it to be in touch with potential customers or provide support. Same goes for Slack as it is more oriented towards business.

Thank you for answer

Animus