The LibreOffice application icons are undoubtedly awesome. But over the years they have become a bit dated and do not fit well into the zeitgeisty icon design. Plus, the set has no good main icon, which is in particular an issue on macOS where this icon is shown on the
Category: Icon Design
Quick poll on the design of the Karasa Jaga icon theme
Update (March 2023): This survey is closed. You can see on GitHub that borders were changed to blue. The post below is still available to read but links to the survey have been removed. The icon theme Karasa Jaga has been introduced in release 6.1. It was originally created for
What’s new in LibreOffice 6.1 regarding user experience
The LibreOffice community regularly publishes new releases, and the latest version, 6.1, is released in August 2018. The design team worked hard to make this release as shiny as it deserves; here’s what we did. Background images LibreOffice ships some images by default to fill the background of shapes. Those
Tip the tool: How to label toolbar functions
Toolbar functions should be labeled consistently starting with a verb which is followed by noun or adverb. We present recommendations to label the functions on LibreOffice’ standard toolbar. This article was posted first on 2013-Apr-26 at user-prompt.com (site closed now). Naming Convention Suitability for learning and self-descriptiveness, two of the
Semiotics in Usability: Guidelines for the Development of Icon Metaphors
Semiotics is the study of signs and describes the perception, comprehension and communication of symbols. In the field of computer science, semiotics is especially relevant to the design of icons. A perfect metaphor is the prerequisite to unmistakably associate a function with an image. This article sums up some principles