=== troy_s_ is now known as troy_s [18:51] Interesting [18:51] That icon set I assume is the new Ubuntu look correct? [18:51] Props if it is. Which I'm willing to bet it is. ;) [18:52] thorwil: Confirm or deny? [18:53] troy_s: in that case, i pick "or" [18:53] thorwil: Hrm. You have seen it yes? [18:53] no [18:53] thorwil: Little bit of fluke, but I'm willing to wager money it's the target. [18:54] Let's see if the bet turns out correct. [18:55] The folder perpetuates that sort of legacy looking folder that I've never been a huge fan of, but alas, all in all quite tight if you look at the forest. [18:55] the folders look blurry [18:56] thorwil: Your eyes are crossed. [18:57] thorwil: Pretty sure there will be much blah blah blah once they are released. [18:58] that stuff makes me as excited as a tree in the forrest [18:58] thorwil: Well... I guess I'd call the overall thing quite positve. Can't see any other way to describe it. [18:59] I could probably say that "Egads they kept that damn rounded corner folder donkey from the early era" but that's really probably a minor bump. [18:59] The postage stamp, albeit more mimesis of the banned-in-court variety, is well crafted. [19:00] At least there is some semblance of craftsmanship in there. That's got to be positive thorwil, no? [19:00] back when i experimented with translucent orange folders, i found it very hard to avoid dirty colors due the other side of the folder pretty much having to be grayish. this problem hasn't been solved, here [19:00] thorwil: That and the linear light fact unless you properly deal with it in compositing. You can never properly compose in sRGB. [19:00] sure, everything that is not a folder looks much more convincing [19:01] thorwil: But really, still feels like a moot point. Would it be nice if there was some interesting design approach to abandon 1960 office folders? Hell yes. Will we see it? Uh... no. [19:01] thorwil: I suspect Voldemort had a sizable impact on the look of that default folder. [19:02] thorwil: It's got cliche and similar trends going on. [19:02] thorwil: Cliche and tack. [19:02] thorwil: The earmarks of Voldemort. [19:02] thorwil: But again, as a whole, I can't see how you could make a case against it. [19:03] thorwil: It's a vast leap forward from that outline, outline, outline, inset, outline, outline, outline, HUGE OUTLINE uh... project that shall remain nameless. [19:03] troy_s: you can dance a tango around naming it, i guess everyone here knows who, anyway ;) [19:04] thorwil: There are actually people that prefer the old brown paper bag icon too. _That_ utterly shocks me. But alas, I suppose that is more proof that the culture of aesthetic is pretty much busted. [19:04] thorwil: Cute though. I wonder if it is the set. That's where my money is. Too many overlaps. [19:21] http://vimeo.com/26633949 [19:26] thorwil: Don't get it. [19:26] thorwil: At all. [19:27] thorwil: Head smack dont-get-it. [19:28] troy_s: late in the video, they mention the setup causes a double image of the pen, so you see it both on the paper and in the open slot [19:28] thorwil: I just am struck by the lack of "Why the hell" [19:28] thorwil: Don't get it. At all. [19:31] artistically, it's just tracing. but an interesting experiment regarding perception. if only that would be explained better, instead of this comment-salad [19:32] thorwil: I guess I don't get it because it tends toward some notion that physiological mimesis is bliss, which in my estimation is just pure tripe. You get it a bit with motion pictures and such where some people become zealots of the 50mm lens to replicate the sensation of view blah blah. [19:32] thorwil: Just makes me ill when I read that cruft or see the bubbling of it. [19:34] troy_s: but, but ... physiological mimesis is the bee's knee! pure awesome, with only one down-side: not enough double outlines!! [19:35] thorwil: Lulz. [19:35] thorwil: Just take a photo and kill yourself. [19:35] thorwil: Be done with it. [19:35] thorwil: Yay bliss.