Change icon?
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Hi everyone, this ruler is great - it does exactly what it says, it's easy to use, it's fast.
I just have one complaint: I use it at work, and have it pinned in taskbars, and the icon gets a lot of questions.
Can you change the icon to something that represents this wonderful app a little better? I'm happy to contribute one/some if you like. Thanks!
Sure, if you have better icon, please recommend it.
The only reason I'm using current icon is out of respect to original author, but I don't mind changing it.
Just riffing a little bit, do you like one of or a combination of one of these designs? If so, I'll flesh it out and make an .ico file with the various sizes.
Icon 1
Icon 2
Icon 3
@andrijac I guess you're not too into these? :)
I would be happy to implement this change if we can find a icon everyone likes. I personally think icon 3 provided by @ben-burlingham looks nice.
@andrijac do you have a thought on this?
I also like icon 3. Maybe make it diagonal in a 45° angle?
Here's rotated samples:
A
B
I like option B.
Also the simplicity fits the aim of the program.
Good point!
Cool, just let me know when to pull the trigger and I'll provide an .ico file. Might wait for another opinion or two just to be on the safe side? :)
I like B as well. If you want to go ahead and post the icon, I will make the change and @andrijac can reject the pull request if he doesn't care for it.
@leglock All set. Github commenting doesn't support attaching .ico filetypes (or source file types for Gimp or Photoshop) so I emailed you the file to the email posted in your account. Happy to make the PR myself if granted push access.
How about yellow rotated 45°?
I like yellow because it will stand out.
I like yellow 45 degrees. Although it's going to remind me of another ruler I had been using for years in the past. http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/jruler.htm
It stopped working with Windows 10, so I had to find a replacement. This is how I found this open-source ruler. 😁
:) Happy to add the yellow 45 too. But since I can't attach .ico here, if I can get push access, I can make PRs so people can see the two options.
@ben-burlingham I am new here, but IIUC, you don't need push access to send a PR.
@alexis-m Hmm, I'll try again later, but I thought to push the branch to create the PR from, I'll need access. Maybe I've been working on restricted repos for too long 😅
Damn, now when I think of it, we will have 45 angle ruler icon, and our ruler will not be able to do the same. I'm not so sure right now...
How about horizontal yellow ruler icon? What do ya'll think?
Fact is, current icon needs to be replaced one way or another.
We can totally start with a yellow horizontal ruler.
PR created: #49