Toying with vote icons

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[–]enefi[S] 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

So, do you like it or hate it?

I remember when seeing first time SaidIt to be put off by those smudged icons (and not really stunning overall visuals). It discouraged me from even trying SaidIt and I ended up on other alternative forum. So, here I am trying to (hopefully) improve it.

Made in Inkscape, had to tweak styles a bit. Currently I don't plan to release it. It has a lot of issues, e.g. only compatible with light theme and default styles (pretty sure it won't play nice with most subs' custom css), it's injected via an unsigned browser extension so only few users could actually use it (Vivaldi and maybe Chromium supports that).

If devs are interested, I can send the svg files.

Edit: Wow, I wasn't expecting such interest (remixing?) nor a response from the devs. Spent some time with readme, polished icons a bit (I might give the bulb another pass to be properly lid), added I think pretty free license, so there it is: https://gitlab.com/enefi/pyramidion . svg files are in src/assets. The project is a bit messy (e.g. the build configuration is all over the place), so please don't judge too hard :D.

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[–]JasonCarswell 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

BRAVO!!! Love it.

I've been offering to improve the icons or simply vectorize them for years. You just did it!

Don't know why it wouldn't work in dark mode. Looks great. I can help fine tune them if you like, if I can, perhaps add them to the CSS of /s/PhoenixForum? This fall/winter I tried many browsers and discovered some have minor issues with custom CSS, and I can't even imagine what mobile devices do, so I'm no longer keen on customizing. (Plus I have grander plans.) But these icons are great and long overdue. If you don't mind I could share them on https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt_gallery

/u/magnora7 and /u/d3rr and others please employ it.

[–]enefi[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Don't know why it wouldn't work in dark mode.

I mean that my current style modifications hacks aren't working well in dark mode. But dark mode support should be possible to add, I think quite easily (I hope I didn't jinx it :D).

Looks great.

Thanks :).

I can help fine tune them if you like, if I can, perhaps add them to the CSS of /s/PhoenixForum? ... If you don't mind I could share them on https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt_gallery

Feel free to remix, use and share them ;). I have added a link to a publicly accessible repo to my original comment, so you can download them there. I am not sure if you can use them only via css (my extension injects svgs as inline svg tags; in the past I had issues with non-inline svgs and also it was easier to do).

This fall/winter I tried many browsers and discovered some have minor issues with custom CSS, and I can't even imagine what mobile devices do, so I'm no longer keen on customizing.

In the past css incompatibilities were way worse, nowadays it's mostly just flipping Apple with Safari and their "clever" heuristics. I didn't really test my prototype on anything else than Vivaldi, but my educated guess would be that Chrome-based browsers will work fine.