On Feb 2, 2005, at 4:57, Edmundo Ortega wrote:
The new icon is good, but it's too close in theme to SubEthaEdit.
So that would be the “old” (beta 3) icon actually!?!
So given the choice right now I think I'd have to go with Ethan's GEAR icon. It's simple, fits the OS X look, looks good at small sizes, and is well-designed and rendered.
I think Torstens icon has personality, which a gear lacks. But unfortunately the ghost is not easy to place on other icons (like document/plugin icons etc.), and it does perhaps remind one too much of SEE (which is not really bad, but could leave one with the impression that TM is playing catch-up to SEE by mimicking it's icon etc.).
My only criticism is that the use of the 'T' initial seems a bit trite. Nonetheless, the icon is bold and works well at small size, and I'm having difficulty thinking of anything else that would be better in that context.
I also like Ethan's gear. Justin showed me an enhanced version of it, still it easily blends in with a bright background, but I think Justin is communicating with Ethan about this.
If Ethan is okay with it, I may try it out for beta 6. None of this is official btw, I'm just giving each of the icons I like a week or so of exposure.
And if you wonder why I say beta 6: http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2005/02/02/external-editor-api/ (so this will be beta 5, but I'll add a few other things also, so people not using the editor API will still see the benefit of updating ;) ).