[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23333: New icons

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#23333: New icons
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 Reporter:  empireoflight   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ui-focus        |
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Comment (by lessbloat):

 '''Overall feedback'''

 - While I wasn't sold when I first saw these, having used them daily over
 the past week, they've really grown on me.
 - This is less about being trendy, and more about decluttering and
 increasing clarity within the admin UI.
 - As @melchoyce showed us, when paired with a de-gradientification, de-
 shadowing & overhaul flattening of the admin, we have the opportunity to
 dramatically reduce visual noise within the admin (but I'd use a separate
 ticket for that).  If you don't believe me, compare the two (there's so
 much less for your mind to process with the simplified menu on the left):

 [[Image(http://f.cl.ly/items/2A3z2X1W3i3L0p2w0635/menus-compared.jpg)]]

 - With that said, I do almost feel like the two need to be done in unison.
 The flat icons do stick out on their own (in the existing gradient filled
 admin).
 - This change should be uniform.  Every icon in the admin will need to be
 brought in line IMO.
 - Using a preprocessor seems out of the scope of this particular
 discussion (doesn't mean it can't be discussed in another ticket thought
 ;-))
 - Regarding thoughts that doing this would limit the range of available
 icons, I say: Balderdash! ;-)  Don't underestimate the unlimited array of
 possibilities available for combining simple shapes.  Of all the reasons
 not to proceed with these icons, this should not be one of them.
 - @jjj Regarding sensitivities for existing plugin authors.  I hear ya.
 I've not heard any (great) solutions for that so far.

 '''Icon specific feedback'''

 - They're all still slightly too large for my liking.
 - I think making the corners on the comment icon less round would go a
 long way towards making these less bubbly overall,  and maybe even go with
 a flat line under the users icon.
 - +1 for making all core icons into a icon font (for all of the reasons
 @joen mentioned).  As for plugin icons, I'd imagine they'd have to remain
 as images, unless we open sourced a WP specific vector icon font generator
 of some kind. ;-)

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