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PLEASE give us option to change back to original (triangle) icon!


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Please don‘t! The old „icons“ aren‘t icons, they have simply nothing, what an icon should have.

Furthermore, I think the icons of an app should‘t be subjected to the taste of single users. Logos are a decision of the persons/companies, which produce/own a product, and they normally have good reasons, why it looks as it looks. Logos are the official, public footprint of a product, and no company on earth will allow you officially(!) to replace them by something of your choice. Nor will they be so silly to offer different logos just to match different tastes.

By the way: Would you really recommend – or even try it –, to suggest Apple to go back to its old logo or officially allow the user to replace this logo within the GUI of its operating system or software? 

 

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What I forgot:

You are on macOS. If the new fine logo is unbearable for you and you want the ugly old one in your dock, do this:

  1. Go to your application folder, press ALT+Cmd and drag the Affinity logo to your desktop. –> You have created an „alias“.
  2. Prepare an image, just as you like it, open it in a photo editing application or in Apple’s „Preview“ and copy it (cmd+C).
  3. Go back to your Affinity alias and select it (single click).
  4. Press CMD+I to show the information panel.
  5. Select the small icon top left of the panel and paste the image (cmd+V).
  6. Close the information panel and drag the „new affinity logo“ into your dock.
  7. Dance on the table, because you’ve got a nitty gritty new logo! :)

 

If you feel, it is necessary, you can do this with the original application too, instead of using an alias.

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6 hours ago, andyandy3 said:

I literally took this app off my dock because this new icon design is so horrible. It's something Adobe would have made. Please give us the option again to use your original triangle app icon!  Some iOS apps allow you to choose icons, so I it must be possible for macOS.

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Is this really at the top of the list for feature requirements???

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10 hours ago, Ben said:

Is this really at the top of the list for feature requirements???

Fixing the White Balance preset bug in the Develop Persona fades in comparison to this absolutely essential item

To be honest I frequently forget what an application's icon looks like. I remember the name and don't give a colourful-expression about the icon.

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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2 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

I remember the name and don't give a colourful-expression about the icon.

I do remember what they look like, as I need to identify them along the Windows system tray when I want to switch to a different one.

But I'm happy with the current set of Affinity icons, and I don't care what Serif does with them. Except that the beta programs really need to have their icons distinguished in some way again, like they used to be :)

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The old icons were *MUCH* better than the new ones.  The new icons won't keep me from using the programs, but they don't likely make for a good impression on new users.

 

The document icons are even more important to get fixed, though... the current ones are so big and obtrusive that they stand out WAY too much next to other files when the preview images fail.  If this new pattern is going to be kept, please at least nest them inside a proper document icon (paper with corner folded over) to create separate document icons.

 

Also, as @walt.farrell pointed out, the "beta" indicator still needs to be added back to the icons for the beta builds... others have pointed that out also.

 

15 hours ago, Ben said:

Is this really at the top of the list for feature requirements???

It probably should be... fixing bugs first, fixing icons second, adding new features third?

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13 hours ago, fde101 said:

fixing icons second,

Don't fix what isn't broken. Icons do not prevent anything from working. Don't care if they are Good (Beautiful), Bad or Ugly.

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Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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1 hour ago, Old Bruce said:

Don't fix what isn't broken.

These points constitute the icons being "broken":

  • The icons on the Mac violate the Human Interface Guidelines.
  • The document icons are the same as the application icons.

 

The other issues with the icons do not constitute the icons being "broken", but at least the missing "beta" indicator is something that should probably be addressed if nothing else.

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Just now, fde101 said:

the missing "beta" indicator is something that should probably be addressed

 

1 minute ago, fde101 said:

The document icons are the same as the application icons.

100% agree with these.

Icons rarely make me think of what the Application they represent actually does for a living so to speak.

1366279237_ScreenShot2019-07-05at10_40_10AM.png.d64f1c4de0fbcc9f3b268a4ee6e2a9fe.png Three Popsicle Sticks means... What the hell does that Rocket Launching Robot do

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Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 
Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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3 minutes ago, Murfee said:

I can still recognise which apps are which...until I have a beta open at the same time;-)

Which is why what @fde101 said "... the missing "beta" indicator is something that should probably be addressed ..." should be addressed.

 

 

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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1 minute ago, Old Bruce said:

Which is why what @fde101 said "... the missing "beta" indicator is something that should probably be addressed ..." should be addressed.

 

 

I was expecting the new Publisher beta to show it after it was pointed out about the Photo one missing...I am sure they will get it sorted

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On 7/4/2019 at 6:51 AM, Ben said:

Is this really at the top of the list for feature requirements???

Old Parkinson's Law.   People at a board meeting will argue the longest time over the size of the wastebasket.  As long as the icons open Publisher/Designer/Photo they could be purple with pink spots and we would still have three splendid apps!!!!


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New icons are on the roadmap :4_joy:

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