[TxMt] Textmate Icon proposal - How About a Competition?

[Justin French]

On 26/11/2004, at 5:56 AM, Drew McLellan wrote:

> Justin French wrote:
>
>> Ok, well I was going to do a "real" version before putting it out 
>> there, but since Allan blabbed, I might as well post the mock-up a 
>> knocked up for him last night, and see if people like the direction 
>> I'm headed in...
>
> *Really* digging the key, Justin. The simplicity of it is superb.
>
> The colour is also good - the only other app I can think of that uses 
> an 'ice' look is Quicksilver. The shape of the key makes your icon 
> stand apart from that (in fact apart from most).
>
> The key is also a good metaphor, both directly (editing text) but also 
> indirectly. A keyboard key is pretty much the ultimate tool - it gets 
> used extensively, performs its job perfectly and reliably, yet you 
> never have to think about it or ever notice it's there. In use, a key 
> is totally transparent. Just as a good text editor should be.
>
> Can icons have varying degrees of alpha on OS X? It'd be cool if the 
> key was slightly translucent :)

Drew, you should have started a career in design :P  I think the alpha 
is doable, but not sure if it's a good idea... will do the cool version 
first, and then experiment.  Thanks for the kind words!!

Justin