bmuessig Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I love Affinity Designer and Photo and I use them on Mac and Windows alike. The current icons fit both OSes very well. But the new, blocks Publisher icon just does not fit them and does not look good in general. I would much prefer an icon in the style of the other two apps. Cheers, Benedikt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Unfortunately, all of the apps are switching to these icons in 1.7, as has been discussed on various existing threads on the subject. bmuessig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbsund Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 -1 As a mac user, I find the old icons really offsetting. They look as if they were designed for a space invader game. I can't see any motivation for most of the details except style (and outdated style at that) which is really the worst kind of design method imho. The new ones pick up this legacy, but they are much cleaner and thus more professional looking, so definitely progress imho! Mark Oehlschlager, ivbera, mac_heibu and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I'm also a Mac user and I find the new icons rather flat and bland... and it is actually a violation of the Human Interface Guidelines: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/macos/icons-and-images/app-icon/ the macOS icon shouldn’t use the same rounded rectangle shape that the iOS icon uses In a way I'd kind of like to see Apple actually enforce that rule so that Serif needs to fix this before it can be updated on the app store... of course there are other apps that might be in trouble then too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 12 minutes ago, fde101 said: I find the new icons rather flat and bland... and it is actually a violation of the Human Interface Guidelines Yes, the new icons are rather flat and bland, but the desktop icons I’ve seen have relatively sharp corners. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, Alfred said: Yes, the new icons are rather flat and bland, but the desktop icons I’ve seen have relatively sharp corners. Without sharp corners there wouldn't be much of a point. David Szpunar, SisMoon, Alfred and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 I doubt that many are at all happy with the new icons. Fortunately, life, design, image creation, and processing are not at all about icons. (or ARE they???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 To be honest: I personally can't understand, that somebody, who deals with design, likes the old icons. They have nothing at all, what makes an icon, a logo. (The 3D look of the new icons, introduced in a second step, isn‘t „iconic“ too, by the way.) A_B_C, thomaso, ivbera and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 I have to agree. All those shapes protruding from the triangles. What was their purpose? I get the idea of the “A” in the (equilateral?) triangle, as well as the idea of the three apps tightly integrated, but there there so many odd elements in the old icons that these two ideas get lost almost entirely. To me, the old icons always looked like a makeshift solution, and I am happy that they are gone. Well, as happy one can get by such a change … jmwellborn, Ulysses and ivbera 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Actually, now that the square kids have developed some personality with their 3-D shapes, they look rather sturdy on my dock. Beginning to not mind them at all, except that perhaps the Publisher icon colors might be a wee bit more compatible with the other two, rather than with mustard and catsup. Oh well. The apps are actually what matters and they are FIRST RATE!! thomaso 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 1 hour ago, jmwellborn said: Actually, now that the square kids have developed some personality with their 3-D shapes, they look rather sturdy on my dock. Beginning to not mind them at all, except that perhaps the Publisher icon colors might be a wee bit more compatible with the other two, rather than with mustard and catsup. Oh well. The apps are actually what matters and they are FIRST RATE!! Wasn't there some boy band named "The Square Kids on my Dock"? jmwellborn, garrettm30, Michael117 and 2 others 5 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Shock: Iconizing - the Hardcore Philosophy: 822_app_icon_design.pdf rbsund and Alfred 2 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 On 5/26/2019 at 4:32 AM, A_B_C said: I have to agree. All those shapes protruding from the triangles. What was their purpose? They add character. bmuessig and Ulysses 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmuessig Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 Indeed they do. Though, having seen the new 3D square icons, I must say they look alright - unlike the flat ones. jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbsund Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/27/2019 at 3:43 AM, thomaso said: Shock: Iconizing - the Hardcore Philosophy: 822_app_icon_design.pdf Thanks man, didn't know this talk! (It's on youtube) What were you referring to as "shock"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, rbsund said: What were you referring to as "shock"? Especially to those line endings: On 5/26/2019 at 8:26 PM, jmwellborn said: Actually, now that the square kids have developed some personality with their 3-D shapes, they look rather sturdy on my dock. On 5/26/2019 at 9:56 PM, Old Bruce said: "The Square Kids on my Dock"? Furthermore the PDF might "shock" the discussion because it illustrates the flexibility that is almost arbitrary when it comes to reasons for or against an icon design. There is not much rational to consider, such as the degree of symmetry and simplicity. Style, colors, number of strokes, straight or curved, 3D or flatness, blurry or sharp, etc. ... are more a matter of taste and temporary fashion than a really sensible topic that can be judged reasonable as right and wrong (or not great). Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/27/2019 at 1:28 PM, fde101 said: They add character. Well, I see that my comment was a bit of a harsh statement. At least, the triangles with the “protruding” shapes are still the official logo of the Affinity line-up. But in a way, I think the very first icons of the Affinity Suite represented the idea behind the application suite better than the intermediate ones that are now superseded by the most recent ones. The very first ones had other issues, for sure, and I fear they would look pretty outdated today. But apart from that, I still wonder whether or not icon details should have some semantic content besides just “adding character.” Or maybe I don’t understand what you mean by that phrase. Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Martin Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Interesting thread. But i have to say, i still prefer the contrast that old icons being. bmuessig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmuessig Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Honestly, the old icons did fit a lot better as they also used transparency. Just look: The new 3D icons would look nice though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 As long as Designer - Photo - Publisher do what they are supposed to do, I don't bother about the icons. I have a little preference for the old icons; however, the new ones are also nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-b Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 If someone wants alternate icons, I made this in summer 2016. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/24004-affinity-icon-concept/ I don't know why serif didn't use their affinity logo just in different colors. But I like the new ones much better than the older. Quote lll3◑ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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