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Default image polishing #7564

Open vinzv opened 5 years ago

vinzv commented 5 years ago

I really don't like the default profile picture.

person-80

Would it be committing sacrilege to replace it with something more modern or basic? As example:

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nupplaphil commented 5 years ago

I'd vote for the first image, because the meaning of man/woman may also be "group".

vinzv commented 5 years ago

Yes, these are just examples for the kind of style. I wanted to show the rough direction before starting to work on some real drafts.

MrPetovan commented 5 years ago

Why not using the official mascot?

nupplaphil commented 5 years ago

Maybe more in a stilized way, but the mascot sounds nice :)

vinzv commented 5 years ago

To be honest: I have no clue what the official mascot is. 🤪

MrPetovan commented 5 years ago

https://less.re/404

vinzv commented 5 years ago

Oh, that one. I did not recognize it as the official mascot. This needs to be pushed way more then. Using it for default profile pictures would be good then. Any objections?

MrPetovan commented 5 years ago

It can be an outline of it, or a silhouette.

We could push it more, but we have few frontend people and no outreach capabilities.

vinzv commented 5 years ago

It can be an outline of it, or a silhouette.

There you go:

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We could push it more, but we have few frontend people and no outreach capabilities.

I'll think about it a bit and collect some ideas separately as this is off topic.

MrPetovan commented 5 years ago

The top one would more appropriate as the goal is to have a legible 50x50 avatar.

annando commented 5 years ago

Would it be possible to have protocol specific default avatars? For example: We do display the default avatar as well when a Mastodon contact hadn't provided an individual one.

vinzv commented 5 years ago

The top one would more appropriate as the goal is to have a legible 50x50 avatar.

Yes. Maybe it needs even thicker lines (pay attention to the upper right menu profile icon).

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vs.

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vinzv commented 5 years ago

Would it be possible to have protocol specific default avatars?

From graphics side - of course. But this would need to be adapted code sided as well.

annando commented 5 years ago

At least I would like to have two different avatars, one for Friendica, one for everything else. This would present the chance to unify this behaviour with a dedicated function in the contact model.