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App icons you wish they would change back
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Steve why don't you jump down Spaz's throat like you did Metasyntactic's? You must admit that even if his idea was nice his execution was horribly hideous.
Hah! I'm trying to keep the icon's main theme with the transport portal or whatever. I just wanted more contrast around the edge. This icon at least stands out from the background instead of disappearing. By the way... the metal border was taken from a different icon set (I think Aqua by Louie Mantia). I don't think they'll use this icon... I just provided it as an example of how to make it separate from the background. Please don't treat me like I'm the culprit here... thanks.
Well I think it's pretty sad that you
A: went to graphic design school and can't design a usable icon.
B: jumped down someone's throat and told them their icon was bad when you can't do any better.
PS: I'd uninstall Jaadu in an instant if they used your icon.
Oh. So since I went to graphic design school means I'm a pro icon maker? It suits my tastes right now, so I'm content. I'm just not a fan of black-on-black.
For your information, I didn't go to interface design school. Why do you have such a big problem with me? I'm trying to provide something constructive to the developer of Jaadu and you jump down my throat?
I still prefer my icon over the borderless black-on-black.
PS: I don't understand what's so bad about it. It's almost exactly the same as the default Jaadu icon with a metal border around it. The iPhone has a metal border around it... even the Calculator icon has a metal border around it.
It's still ugly as sin, and it's pretty funny that you can dish critical comments but you can't take them.
PS: Just because it works in one place doesn't mean it will work in another. Jeeze!
It's still ugly as sin, and it's pretty funny that you can dish critical comments but you can't take them.
PS: Just because it works in one place doesn't mean it will work in another. Jeeze!
That's your opinion, but I think you're targeting the wrong person. I'm just trying to help man. Like I said before, I'm perfectly fine with the icon I made for now. I'm curious to see what the Jaadu people come up with.
Why do people think that unless you have and can use Photoshop, you're not allowed to comment on an app icon?
Seriously, what's with all this "if you want to criticise, you do better"?
NO. Once something is online and part of a discussion forum, I'll criticise/praise anything I want, as I am entitled to, I don't NEED to be able to do better myself. I'm not a graphic designer.
And Spaz, TuffLuffJimmy would have said your icon was hideous even if you'd created the most beautiful design in the world. He/she is just trying to 'turn the tables on you' so to speak and see how you feel.
Seriously, what's with all this "if you want to criticise, you do better"?
NO. Once something is online and part of a discussion forum, I'll criticise/praise anything I want, as I am entitled to, I don't NEED to be able to do better myself. I'm not a graphic designer.
And Spaz, TuffLuffJimmy would have said your icon was hideous even if you'd created the most beautiful design in the world. He/she is just trying to 'turn the tables on you' so to speak and see how you feel.
As a part time iphone icon designer (and no that does not mean that my taste is any better than the taste of anyone else here at MR)
I would just like to say that your mockup is quite good. Of course the border has been used a lot lately but that it because it works. The Jaadu icon really needs some sort of border because right now it just blends in with the background, which I personally hate when icons do. This way makes it look a lot more balanced. Cudos!
If they ended up doing something like this one you made I would actually buy it, the icon has kept me from buying it so far.
Thought i wouldn't return. However, one of your members was gracious enough to create an icon for me. So i thought i'd let you weigh in on if it's good enough for your tastes.
Let us know.
Let us know.
It's better, but I still don't like it. Sorry, but that's my opinion. It also looks slightly off centered.
Ok. So far we're:
1 for it
1 against it
If we can get enough responses and we get near 85% then we'll do a poll of a larger group of people.
1 for it
1 against it
If we can get enough responses and we get near 85% then we'll do a poll of a larger group of people.
Put in in "for"
I have to complement you for coming back to this thread so much considering all you abuse you seem to be getting.
Meta...thanks for coming back...maybe it will show some of the posters in this thread how much you really do care about your customers.
IMHO, I think the icon is just OK. It does represent the old black and white films which in turn fits your app. For me its not the icon that I care about...its the app itself. Wasting all of your precious time on an icon and worrying about a few is taking away from your work on the app itself and all the good things you have done with it so far.
My recommendation is to go with the majority from your surveys and move on to bigger and better things, you have lost to much time on this one thread and about a dozen posters.
I will always use your app no matter what the icon is!
IMHO, I think the icon is just OK. It does represent the old black and white films which in turn fits your app. For me its not the icon that I care about...its the app itself. Wasting all of your precious time on an icon and worrying about a few is taking away from your work on the app itself and all the good things you have done with it so far.
My recommendation is to go with the majority from your surveys and move on to bigger and better things, you have lost to much time on this one thread and about a dozen posters.
I will always use your app no matter what the icon is!
It's a bit too dark in the top left, but I like it a lot. 100x times better than the horrible one you have now.
When you do this poll, why not add the original design, the current one, and the above one. You've got nothing to lose, it'll give a good indication about how people think.
Oh and you really need to add a gloss effect to it. It would work much better with one.
When you do this poll, why not add the original design, the current one, and the above one. You've got nothing to lose, it'll give a good indication about how people think.
Oh and you really need to add a gloss effect to it. It would work much better with one.
Alright, we get that you don't like the current design. Can you please stop being so rude now and have a decent conversation?
Yeah... I can't believe YOU'RE telling someone not to be rude when you called my icon design "ugly as sin"... hmm...
I've been having decent conversation all throughout this topic. You don't like it? Put me on your ignore list. For the record, I said that I liked his new design suggestion very much. How nice of you to casually ignore that.
Oh you spot a hypocrite, do you?
Yup, he does. You.