blissd
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1 month ago Thank you for your feedback. I agree the icon design falls short... but that is what you get when the icon's creator is a programmer, not a designer. At some point I'll look into designing a new icon that is more inline with modern sensibilities.
While the app icon is sufficient to understand what it does and its purpose, it remains only a big symbolic on a gradient, which can look a bit out of place on certain desktop environments.
Many other apps that rely on the GNOME components / libadwaita style use more elaborated icons (colorful, with simple geometric shapes, while having a solid metaphor - you can find guidelines on how to create great icons here). If you're not feeling comfortable with icon design, don't hesitate to get in touch with GNOME designers here by filling an icon request; I'm sure they'll be glad to help!
This is just a simple feedback from my user experience with Fotema - feel free to reject it, otherwise I'm glad someone could manage to build a replacement for gnome-photos :)