[openbeos] Re: Tracker icons

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:23:01 +0200 CEST

Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Since the worst thing that happens are not so nicely "downsampled"
> > icons, I think we could actually consider it for R1.
> What I meant with my initial response was that the API allows to 
> support 32 
> bit icons without breaking existing apps. If the bitmap was not 
> provided by 
> the caller, than I would be much more cautious about doing this 
> change. But 
> being it as it is, we could change this and all that could happen is 
> potentially uglier icons in some apps for which we don't have source.

True, that's the situation - it would all have dependent on how the 
other API had been documented :-)

> The real workload of course is drawing quite a huge number of nice 
> icons. 
> We don't only need a talented person, but also a motivated person who 
> does 
> this for free.

Yes, but we can't get around this anyway.

Bye,
   Axel.


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