[Feature] [UI/UX] Alternative App Icon
Seeking feedback about the new app icon design and feel free to let us know what you think!
Suggested Feedback Template
- How do you feel about the new logos?
- Do the new logos better adhere to the iOS Human Interface Design Guidelines than the old logo?
- Are the new logos more recognizable as KDE Connect than the old logo, in general and when displayed among other apps?
- In conclusion, would you suggest switching to one of the new logos? Why or why not?
- If yes, should we provide the old/other logos as options for users to choose in-app?
- Any other suggestions, questions, concerns, or things you'd like us to know?
Rationale
- Transparent, irregular-shaped icons don't work well on iOS; they will instead have a solid black background.
- Icons are usually displayed with a small size, making the current one hard to distinguish from other apps. One TestFlight feedback suggests:
UI/UX modification requests: 1. iOS devices use square icons with rounded corners. Current KDE connect logo on iPhone looks completely out of place, making it harder to recognize. Use the attached png logo instead. [image source: https://freesvg.org/kde-logo ] For ideal use - breeze grey color kde logo with white background if ios system theme is light and revese the colors if system is in dark mode.
New Logos
The SVG versions are in the Wiki for future use.
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iOS (Android)
- This is the new default logo
- Based on kdeconnect-android!279 (merged)
- The removal of gradient and higher contrast with orange background significantly improved the legibility
iOS (macOS)
- Preserves the device bezels (and most of the current design) to differentiate from KDE as a whole kdeconnect-android!119 (comment 22722)
- Having a non-vertical bezel hints that we not only support iPhones but also iPads (and Apple Silicon Macs)
- Works with another new macOS icon candidate (not included in this MR) for when we make KDE Connect iOS serve as KDE Connect macOS in the future (note: not to replace the icon of the Qt version):
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UI Changes in App
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Demo
References
Edited by Apollo Zhu