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Re: SETUP: default to mintty


On Jul 27 16:15, Andy Koppe wrote:
> On 27 July 2011 10:43, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Jul 27 09:07, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >> On 27 July 2011 08:46, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> > On Jul 27 08:24, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >> >> On 26 July 2011 20:52, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >> >> > On 7/26/2011 3:36 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >> >> >>> What about modernizing the Cygwin icon?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I quite like Chuck's take on this.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Err...what's my take, again? <g>
> >> >>
> >> >> I meant cygicons-0.dll,9.
> >> >
> >> > Yes, I like that one, too. Âwe could use it as the default 48x48 and
> >> > 64x64 icons. ÂPer the MSFT guidelines in
> >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx#size, smaller
> >> > sizes should stick to a 2D look. ÂMaybe we can simply use the old
> >> > icon for these sizes?
> >>
> >> The way I understand it, I think it's just that they shouldn't use
> >> perspective. Compare for example the drive icons in the "Computer"
> >> window, where they appear tilted in the main part of the window, but
> >> straight-on at 16x16 in the sidebar. The small icons do still have
> >> some depth to them.
> >
> > Well, ok. ÂI was just thinking that at 16x16 there's no such thing
> > as edginess. ÂAnd at that size an icon should make a rather clear,
> > simple impression.
> 
> FWIW, 'cygicons-0.dll,9' looks better to me even at 16x16, not least
> because of the anti-aliasing. Also, it's this size that appears in the
> upper-left corner of windows, and I think it's good to have this
> correspond closely to the 32x32 icon appearing in the Windows 7
> taskbar.

Fine with me.


Corinna

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