[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #8048: Even larger icon support in Tracker
- From: "jscipione" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:36:08 -0000
#8048: Even larger icon support in Tracker
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Reporter: jscipione | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Tracker | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 1 | Platform: All
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Comment (by jscipione):
Replying to [comment:6 Disreali]:
> I may have used the wrong terminology here. I know that the BeOS icons
at 128x128 are going to look odd. I was questioning whether _having_
scaled/enlarged BeOS icons was worth while at all. Why highlight old
pixelated icons, especailly ones for which we already have HVIF icons?
This scale3x/scale4x patch is meant for old BeOS apps that you want to
look at in Tracker at 96x96 and 128x128 icon sizes. I don't want to
replace HVIF icons with BeOS icons, it is just a way to bring those legacy
app icons forward.
> The idea of "Depixelating" sounds neat and I hope you have time to
investigate it. Though, I realize that your current solution may be good,
I just would rather not have to use the old BeOS icon.
Again, this is for when you are looking old BeOS application icons, in
other words, legacy.
The "Depixelating" alogorithm could make legacy app icons look a bit nicer
than scale2x/scale3x/scale4x, but, you are right, the end goal is to phase
them out in favor of proper HVIF icons.
> Again, I may not have been clear in my question and used the wrong term.
I suggested that the patch be broken up so that the Haiku part could be
applied quickly. It would then allow you, or anyone else, to see _if_
there was another solution for the BeOS icons, such as as Axel's about
enlarging the pixels.
I have now broken the patch into 2 pieces, investigate away. What axeld
means about enlarging the pixels is to use a different bitmap scaling
algorithm (I think). That could happen someday by me or someone else but
scale2x/scale3x/scale4x is good for now. I don't see a good reason to
leave it out.
> I definitely like the slider option. One of the few places where I think
a slider would be ideal. It would de-clutter the menu, which is good.
Yeah, a slider would be good, in fact I've already done some work on
adding an icon size slider for my Deskbar icon size patch which can
imported into Tracker someday when it is ready.
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