Hello Cor
Thanks for the input, I can definitely agree that having a wider icon set available in the default skin would make things easier and also contribute to a more consistent look and feel for the users.
While replacing the current icons in Larry with font icons is probably out of scope, we could indeed just add the fontawesome set to the skin as a start.
Font-based icons will definitely be used in the new responsive skin which I now started to work on in my spare time. That shall become the successor for Larry and the new default skin. Therefore I'm looking forward to make things right there but keep the efforts on Larry to a minimum. Of course, we're open to volunteers who want to give Larry a fresh paint with font icons.
~Thomas
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Cor Bosman cor@xs4all.nl wrote:
Absolutely. It will definitely improve the overall look of roundcube, and will give plugin developers a wide range of icons to choose from.
In larry the use of icons for tabs/sections is pretty much a must, and it is really a pain that developers need to create their own icons in roundcube's style. With fontawesome they'd have a huge set of icons to choose from. And if we support the configuration of icons through classnames in the plugin api, that would simplify the icon process immensely.
Right now, plugin developers would need to either create their own icon and add it through css, or use an existing icon and add it through css. Either way, you'd have to load in your own css file for each plugin.
Would roundcube be open to switch to fontawesome?
Cor
On 02 Apr 2015, at 14:45, martijn.thie@kpn.com wrote:
Such a font will definitely also better suit retina-screens and other high-density screens.
Martijn
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