i’m a longterm user. I just got an e-mail that Acorn 6 is released. I just want to say that i’m missing the color icons very much. The BW icons in the toolbar are looking very flat and “dull” to me. I know someone may say, that they are perfect I’m used to the color icons.
So any chance to get the switch from Acorn 5 back, but with the option to get the color icons?
I was looking to send some feedback regarding this last night, before noticing that you have forums now.
Congratulations on new release. It’s fantastic! Keep up the good work. Below is just a suggestion and definitely not a criticism.
I too was wondering about possibility of choosing between monochromatic icons vs color icons (in v5). I am certain new interface will grow on me, and it does look nice. Colored icons made tool selection easier (visually). I would love to see an option to choose between two set of icons in Preferences -> current + not necessarily old icons, but maybe ones with bit of colour. Or maybe just minor tweaking to current icons, based on feedback you receive.
However, I am not a programmer, and doing this would probably mean wasting time on replacing a lot of other things rather than just “Toolbar icons”. I would rather see focus on bugfixes and feature improvements.
I didn’t even notice, agree that choice would be nice, but personally prefer the b&w icons because they don’t compete visually with the color controls, which are subsequently more distinctly about “color.”
Color icons aren’t something that I would be able to do quickly ( I wouldn’t want to just stick the old icons in there, because they need to be updated with the background selection, need multiple states w/ the selection, etc.).
I have been thinking about color icons a bit more, and while it’s not quite ready to ship yet and is in fact in an incomplete state, Acorn 6.0.1 did ship with a hidden pref to enable color in icons again. I wasn’t able to swap in the previous icons because they wouldn’t blend right with the new selected state of the tools.
At any rate, if you’d like to see a preview of it, you can turn it on by opening up Terminal.app, and pasting the following line in:
Current UI is very nice as is. I do appreciate that you are considering adding option for color icons as well. I have enabled it, and I like it so far.
I don’t know what is easier and preferred option for both you and most users. Color icons make things visually a bit easier/faster - that is just me. I do like monochrome UI a lot, and it is a step forward. It does get some getting used to at first. I like the fact that you did not make UI too dark (Affinity Photo/Pixelmator).
If color icons require too many changes, would you consider adding some color to toolbar icon when a tool is selected? Keep current icons, but change to color icon/or tweaked version of it, when selected. Reverse of what it currently does when color icons are enabled. Monochrome Pencil/Eraser icons are what I am thinking about, and what you have done on color version of Paint/Flood Fill tools. A sublte touch of color.
I hope I have not confused you with feedback. In short:
Keep on working new set of icons and possibly make it user selectable so everyone’s happy.
Tweak current set with a (subtle) touch of color (like current Paint/Eraser tool icons)
Keep default set but consider only tweaking selected state icons - either full color or some color to distinguish it.
This is not a request for v5 UI. Marley a suggestion of what you might improve. Maybe you could try experimenting by making changes to 4 icons/tools, and see what is visually nicer/fits better. It’s, of course, up to you and feedback you get from others.