FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Tracker icons

[Betabel <betabel@xxxxxxxxx>]

But, is not a BeOS R5 stuff ;-) maybe in R2.

2005/7/10, daneel@xxxxxxxxxxxx <daneel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> And what about SVG icons ? They are better i think ...
> 
> > Talking of CDT stuff, there's some other threads in the CDT forums
> > talking about icons.
> >
> > Michael said recently:
> > > I am not really sure that I want a "team"
> > > for this, though, as much as I would like *1* person who is a
> > > qualified Graphic
> > > Artist. Someone who either is making a living today as an artist or
> > > has
> > > significant university experience. If some such person is
> > > listening,
> > > please get
> > > in touch with me. :-)
> >
> > There seems to be a bit of confusion as to what the "this" is. My
> > understanding is that Haiku R1 will have a completely new icon set,
> > can
> > someone confirm/deny that this is the intention?
> >
> > OT is limited in the icons it can display - 32x32x256 being the
> > biggest
> > possible. Of course there are lots of concerns about binary
> > compatibility, but couldn't we retain the normal icons and just add a
> > H_HUGE_ICON or something to go with the other icon_size constants
> > (B_MINI_ICON, B_LARGE_ICON) for GetTrackerIcon?
> >
> > I expect none of the team will want to change OT much before R1 is
> > out,
> > and PoseView is pretty horrible, but if there is a plan for
> > supporting
> > higher quality icons in Tracker that someone (Axel) could explain, it
> > might be something I would be interested in looking at. Move it off-
> > list or to the OT list if you want.
> >
> > If it is going to be necessary to create a new icon set, I think it
> > would be nice if we could lift some of the constraints (the 256 color
> > one especially) from the designers which would force even the new
> > icons
> > to look somewhat dated.
> >
> >
> > Simon
> 
> 
> 


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Betabel