Proposal: New icon

[OpenSource03]

The current icon feels a little low quality. I've generated some potential replacements below. Of course, it is ultimately up to you, but I hope we can agree that there should be a better replacement for the current one, as I can not help but notice as I look at my dock that even > is a bit blurry. I think Codex did an amazing job with proposals below.

For me personally, the first and forth one look the best. Let me know what you think! :)

Possible replacements:

1. Terminal bezel

2. Split panes

3. Active cursor

4. Tab stack (my preference)

[OpenSource03]

Below are also the light mode variants

[OpenSource03]

I've just noted that the blurriness of the current one is a design choice, around liquid glass, tho the very fact it took me a zoomed in peek to understand it is probably not the best design choice 😅 Altho it is a very cool idea, but not for a small icon in the dock.

[OpenSource03]

Also got some prototype in Icon Composer of the stack one, altho I am sure it can be much better if proposal is accepted. This one has real liquid glass.

[OpenSource03]

[OpenSource03]

@thdxg

[thdxg]

@OpenSource03 Thanks for the proposal! I'll move this thread to discussions

[thdxg]

I am open to ideas for a new icon. Some design rules I want to have:

• A symbol in the icon (like the caret >) should be at the center of the icon. Otherwise, the icon would look disproportionate in small size.
• A symbol should be large enough (i.e. ≥ 40% of icon width/height) so it is visible when icon is small
• The icon should look distinctive compared to other existing terminal emulators

Considering these rules, I think the only fitting option from your proposal would be the third one. I would like to explore more designs, so I'll live this discussion as an open thread!

[OpenSource03]

Thanks. I will get back with some more relevant proposals in the coming days.