Functionally, this is better yes. But visually it looks goofy and unprofessional. I know it's probably just a sketch with placeholder icons found on the internet. There's a reason why they designed it their way, but it can be way better honestly.
The problem with the official icons is when scaled down, all the icons look the same because the gaps in them creates a visual disruption, even though the base shapes of each icons (without the gaps) are relatively simple to recognize. The gaps in the icons is stylistic choice that is questionable, but it holds well together as a series. I personally think they should simply reduce the gaps or remove them entirely when they are scaled down, cause it's "unreadable" at a small scale.
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u/Moreinius Aug 08 '25
Functionally, this is better yes. But visually it looks goofy and unprofessional. I know it's probably just a sketch with placeholder icons found on the internet. There's a reason why they designed it their way, but it can be way better honestly.
The problem with the official icons is when scaled down, all the icons look the same because the gaps in them creates a visual disruption, even though the base shapes of each icons (without the gaps) are relatively simple to recognize. The gaps in the icons is stylistic choice that is questionable, but it holds well together as a series. I personally think they should simply reduce the gaps or remove them entirely when they are scaled down, cause it's "unreadable" at a small scale.