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BonjourChat |
| Submitted By harperska |
DescriptionI really liked Impulse29's bonjour icon idea, but had my own ideas on how to make it better. The biggest thing it needed was a background to make the bonjour logo stand out. I tried various things, but what worked best was the classic iChat bubble. So here it is.The orbs change colors to reflect the state. When Adium is disconnected, the orbs are orange like the regular Bonjour icon. For connected. idle, and away, they turn green, yellow, and red respectively. They also pulsate when appropriate. Credit for the idea goes to Impulse29 and all who commented on his icon, but the source graphics are all direct from apple. Images    CommentsYou can reply to individual comments by clicking the "Reply" link next to each. # by powerbook.g4 on 02/12/06 at 19:48:28Nice !! this one looks great...
thanks a lot for your effort !! Cheers, -pb # by harperska on 02/13/06 at 13:46:24I am re-photoshopping the icon, cleaning up the orbs and reprocessing the iChat bubble so it retains the drop shadow and smoothness. It is currently crappy due to a botched export from the .icns file and an attempted recovery with the magic wand tool. I am doing it right for version 1.1, and it should look a lot more professional.
# by harperska on 02/20/06 at 22:54:00Version 1.1 will also include an invisible state. I am thinking a transparent bubble, but with a solid bonjour logo. But I can't decide what color the orbs should be. Should they be red to reflect the apparent offline status, or should they be green to reflect that the user is in fact online?
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# by Dylan1077 on 02/11/06 at 19:07:43
The only criticism I have, is that in the preview, you can see that the top of the iChat bubble is a little choppy. If there is any way to smooth that out, that would be great.
Other than that, great icon.