Poll for new application icon (please contribute)

[smonsays]

I am an avid user of pdfarranger and was wondering if the project would be interested in updating its application icon?
I have made a draft as a suggestion but am happy to modify it further (it is an svg file, but I cannot directly embed that here):

[jeromerobert]

I don't really care. Let's the community speak out.

[kbengs]

With the one we have now it's hard to imagine what the small icon is showing. So I think it could be better. Maybe this. Maybe the word PDF could be visible in some way?

[smonsays]

Maybe this. Maybe the word PDF could be visible in some way?

I like that suggestion, maybe something like this?

EDIT: Here is an alternative:

[bertob]

I was also playing with an icon idea and found this issue :)

Here's what I have atm:

I don't love the metaphor, but with PDFs/documents that's always hard. Any ideas for physical objects/metaphors I could try instead would be appreciated.

[bertob]

Another variant:

[mimi89999]

@bertob I think that the colors of the second variant don't match GNOME Adwaita colors to well.

[jeromerobert]

So far my preferred one is the last alternative of smonsays because:

• The two arrow in circle of bertob is beautiful but let me think more about reloading something than arranging.
• The third alternative of smonsays fit more in a square than the second one so it's better for tiny icons

[merwok]

Hi, long-time user of PDF Shuffler then PDF Arranger 🙂

I like the current icon, otherwise the third version by smonsays.
Suggestion: add some straight arrows between the documents to suggest «arrangement»

[bertob]

I think that the colors of the second variant don't match GNOME Adwaita colors to well

Third party apps are encouraged to use off-palette colors for some things, in order to have a more recognizable identity. That said, those colors weren't chosen for any particular reason, I'd be happy to try something different.

[smonsays]

I reiterated on my suggestion to integrate it a bit better with the Adwaita design language:

[dreua]

@smonsays I'd like to see how your version looks in Gnome's App Icon preview, could you post screenshot or alternatively the svg file?

[jcrows]

I reiterated on my suggestion to integrate it a bit better with the Adwaita design language:

I like option (b) 👍

[smonsays]

@smonsays I'd like to see how your version looks in Gnome's App Icon preview, could you post screenshot or alternatively the svg file?

Sure! Here is option (b) for example:

[kbengs]

I like smonsays option (d) best. It somewhat reminds about the current icon, which might be a good thing.

[vincekd]

B or C would be my pick. I think the straight text is better, though maybe less stylish, than the angled text in D. If Option A didn't have letters on the two background books I'd also think that was fine.

Thanks @smonsays!

[JBrummans]

I reiterated on my suggestion to integrate it a bit better with the Adwaita design language:

I like either B or D :)

[bertob]

@smonsays A few tips for better adhering to the style:

• We generally try to avoid rotated objects when possible, because diagonal lines can't be aligned with the pixel grid
• It feels weird that the bottom part on the paper stacks is a different color than the front
• The rounded text lines feel a bit out of style, I'd suggest looking at how e.g. the Evince icon does it (no radius, blocks of text rather than individual lines)
• I'd "rebase" the colors on the ones from the GNOME palette. They don't have to be exactly the same, but it's nice if they have a similar feel (e.g. Foliate has an off-palette Cyan, but it still fits in in terms of saturation and brightness)

[smonsays]

Thanks for the feedback!
I agree with @bertob that we should adhere to the Gnome colour palette and that the rounded text lines feel a bit out of style. Based on the feedback so far suggestion (b) and (d) were the most popular. I added an option (e) that would avoid rotation as @bertob suggested.

And here would be the App Icon preview for (d):

[thecheis]

Another variant:

I love this concept, because the documents are very simple and is very Adwaita stylish. Maybe if you remove the arrows? Maybe a scissor instead?... Or nothing at all?

[thecheis]

Thanks for the feedback!
I agree with @bertob that we should adhere to the Gnome colour palette and that the rounded text lines feel a bit out of style. Based on the feedback so far suggestion (b) and (d) were the most popular. I added an option (e) that would avoid rotation as @bertob suggested.

And here would be the App Icon preview for (d):

I think last one (e) is the best because respect the common grid of Adwaita style and looks more "authentic" or "compact" with the rest of GNOME icons. :) The others seems unbalanced, with no defined focus.

[merwok]

Really like the one with arrows! It adds something to convey the edit part, compared to the other proposal which looks very similar to generic document reader icon.

[jcrows]

What if simonsays' option (e) had one of the background docs rotated and some arrows like bertob's icon? I like the colours and 3d effect from simonsays icon.

[smonsays]

I think last one (e) is the best because respect the common grid of Adwaita style and looks more "authentic" or "compact" with the rest of GNOME icons. :) The others seems unbalanced, with no defined focus.

I agree with @heychrisd in this regard and iterated on suggestion (e):

[logari81]

Hi all, as the creator of the old icon, I will vote for (d) which is a really good improvement of the original idea. Having a stack of documents as in (e) looks boring and contentless in my opinion. It doesn't provide any hint on what to do with this stack of pages. I don't think that adding an arrow would help either. Best regards Kostas

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[kbengs]

Smonsays option (d) with the "Adwaita colors" I think looks really good. I think the icon says: "We are playing with pdf pages as easy as with playing cards" :-)

[jeromerobert]

Thank you all. Let's go with (d). @smonsays could we have the .svg ?

[bertob]

@smonsays nice, these are better!

One thing I'd still suggest fixing is the different colors on the bottom of the paper stacks (i.e. make the light gray part the same color as the top part). You could also just drop the "chin" on the three pages entirely.

The shuffle arrow idea is neat, I'd definitely keep that in whatever you go with as the final one.

[smonsays]

Alright, here is the most recent version of option (d). As @bertob suggested, I also offer a version where the chin has the same colour as the pages themselves.

@jeromerobert : Should I just open a pull request replacing the icons in ./data/ once we come to a final decision?

[jcrows]

I vote for the dark chin

[jeromerobert]

@jeromerobert : Should I just open a pull request replacing the icons in ./data/

@smonsays Yes please.

once we come to a final decision?

I think we have ;-).

[jeromerobert]

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