circle of friends logo needs to be improved

[Omer Akram]

the circle of friends in unity is 22px but there is certainly space for two more pixels. in this way CoF will extend vertically and horizontally a little and maybe the icon could be a little more detailed.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

 importance high
 status confirmed

I'm marking this high because it's our most prominent and visible
branded piece of the Ubuntu desktop, and yet the icon feels of poor quality.

Mark

[David Barth (dbarth)]

Needs a code change to request the proper icon size when made available.

[David Barth (dbarth)]

Requires a new asset with the logo rendered at 24px

[Vish (vish)]

@Mark, every other icon in the panel used for the indicators is 22px. Why make this alone 24px?

The problem here is the icon quality plus the vertical alignment, and *not* the icon size.
Having some extra padding is not harmful, we do not need to fill every bit of space available in the panel.

[Vish (vish)]

@Mark, For live comparison of what I mentioned, try logging into a desktop session, and notice the COF used next to applications.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

I'm agreed that the main issue is quality. If 22px is what we need,
that's fine, but I think the icon needs retouching to make it really shine.

[Vish (vish)]

@Mark, Thx for checking it out..
Updating bug title

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

We need the revised logo-icon.

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

Thanks, Otto!

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

Here's a before-after shot.

[Otto Greenslade (otto-chaotic)]

That looks better doesn't it :)

[Otto Greenslade (otto-chaotic)]

Need to make this update to the desktop too now...

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

The new logo-icon certainly looks crisper indeed.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

 On 24/09/10 13:29, Mirco Müller wrote:
> The new logo-icon certainly looks crisper indeed.

THanks very much, Otto and Mirco!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity-asset-pool - 0.8.18-0ubuntu1

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unity-asset-pool (0.8.18-0ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - get a better CoF (needed with latest unity) (LP: #644686)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:57:20 +0200

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 0.2.44-0ubuntu1

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unity (0.2.44-0ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - refine launcher tile super key overlay aesthetic (LP: #633069)
    - improve Cof logo (LP: #644686)
    - fix a crasher in the place activation (LP: #634364)
    - fixes favorite loading for didrocks (thanks!) (LP: #645835)
    - workaround translation issue for Unity trash (LP: #646653)
    - MT final adjustement for maverick (LP: #645848, #640501)
  * debian/control:
    - depend on latest unity-asset-pool
  * backport fix to respect workspace layout
  * debian/libunity0.symbols:
    - updated
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:57:46 +0200