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Opinions on the flathub metadata guidelines? (docs.flathub.org)

submitted 10 months ago by subwoofer@lemmy.gockandgum.party to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I do think that as a store it should have some guidelines on quality, but not of the application icon's styling

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

People erroneously conflate modern and flat. Flat is used as a bogeyman.

Plenty of old icons are flat, and modern icons are moving away from flatness. The GNOME-y icon they showcase is clearly 3D, and multiple flat ones they show they state they disapprove of - 3/4 of these are flat and disapproved of.

Saying "ideally, app icons should give the impression that the app is actively maintained, not an abandoned mid-2000s project" doesn't mean "make it flat or else"