XnView Software

2 more proposals:

ok here is some further development for a new XnView logo, monochrome versions only (I think these are far better to judge a logotype quality) on both dark/light background:
http://www.thibaud.be/dropbox/xnview_logo_02_d_A.png http://www.thibaud.be/dropbox/xnview_logo_02_l_A.png
http://www ...

I find the 16x16 icon size to be of extreme importance for an application.
that icon will appear and be always visible at least on the website favicon, main application bar, in the taskbar, and in the start menu... (on windows that is)
but more importantly it could serve as reference for building ...

may I express some concern regarding the readability of this icon at 16x16.


slightly optimized previous proposal for 16x16

Indeed, I know from experience that exposing design direction in a user forum. is sure a good idea if you are looking for epic discussion. but may not be the best idea to make a designer's life easy.
there's a very funny formula famous among web designers expressing the quality of a design versus ...

You means a different setting for background color of View AND Preview?

YES Please.

PS. IMO, the current XnView logo is one of the most inspired logos on the internet.
It looks like a splash of paint that just happened to land in the form of an eye. How perfect is that for an image tool? Unity of form, unity of idea, unity of aesthetic: a poetic visual statement that will be very ...

Thibaud != Thibuad
thanks

But IMO, either they just don't "say" (or "imply", if you will) XnView , or they don't exhibit a sufficient link with the old logo to communicate continuity with the current product (something I think is absolutely essential in a "new" logo).
I'm not sure I understand, Are you saying the first ...

removed the hole in the spiral center. killed the chicken...

now creative people can come up with a tagline.

Would it be possible to make that blue into red and then that orange into a lighter shade of orange (orange not yellow) just to be more closer to the existing XnView logo or would it look too 'chicken' puck puck :P Also if you could just add the same triangle on the left also to really announce ...

9. In my opinion the default background colour of the viewer should be at a neutral colour and not black, like in the default Vista image viewer; http://i48.tinypic.com/nxs2ds.png It is fine by me if clear intentions want to keep it black, but it's just my feedback on taste :wink:
What other ...

ok here is another chicken:
http://www.thibaud.be/dropbox/xnview_logo_01.png
simple shapes. works great as small icon and on dark or light backgrounds.
monochrome versions specially for oops66 :wink:
http://www.thibaud.be/dropbox/xnview_logo_01_d.png
http://www.thibaud.be/dropbox/xnview_logo_01 ...

xnview wrote:What is the 'JumpList'???

a nice feature of the new win 7 taskbar.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/windo ... ws/?p=1059
http://wotudo.net/blogs/wotudo/archive/ ... plist.aspx

Not exactly, xnview for un*x is very old, and use very old GUI (Motif). XnViewMP use the same source code for all platforms.
XnViewMP has a native unicode support, and will be able to load full bit depth picture (8/16/32 bits per component), ...
and on top of that I believe xnviewMP will probably ...