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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>if you want (and if you consider that appropriate) I could prepare multiple icons for windows, with the following format: 16,24,36,48 and 64 px</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Marco</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Da:</B> grass-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org per conto di Marco Pasetti<BR><B>Inviato:</B> mar 22/04/2008 1.17<BR><B>A:</B> 'Hamish'; 'GRASS Developer Mailing List'<BR><B>Oggetto:</B> R: [GRASS-dev] New GRASS Icons and Windows<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><BR>Hi Hamish,<BR><BR>>ISTR that Windows's .ico files could store multiple sizes within the same<BR>file, yes?<BR><BR>Yes, right!<BR>In the image I posted, the icon on the right is *multiple* icon, containig 4<BR>icons: 16,24,36 and 48 px<BR><BR>Marco<BR><BR>-----Messaggio originale-----<BR>Da: Hamish [<A href="mailto:hamish_b@yahoo.com">mailto:hamish_b@yahoo.com</A>]<BR>Inviato: luned́ 21 aprile 2008 23.44<BR>A: Marco Pasetti; GRASS Developer Mailing List<BR>Oggetto: Re: [GRASS-dev] New GRASS Icons and Windows<BR><BR>Marco Pasetti wrote:<BR>> I think that there's a small *issue* with the new icons in Windows: I<BR>> don't know how is the story on Vista (it seems it's becoming to be a<BR>> problem developing on Windows and not having Vista to do tests...),<BR>> but on XP icons must come as multiple icons to do a *good job*; on<BR>> Linux that's not a problem, but XP just resizes icons and doesn't<BR>> resample them (and that matters if they need to be displayed in a size<BR>> different from the original).<BR>> GRASS icons are in 64px size, while windows commonly uses 16 and 32px<BR>> size.<BR>><BR>> I usually make icons in multiple format with the following sizes: 16,<BR>> 24, 32 and 48 px. Using only the 64px size the icons on windows, even<BR>> at 32px size, seem less definite and, surely, not beautiful as the<BR>> originals. I attached an example that shows how icons appear on<BR>> windows at 32px size (the most used, along with 16px size): on the<BR>> left the original, on the right the modified version (I resized the<BR>> original 64px icon to 16,24,32, and 48px images and saved all as<BR>> multiple icon).<BR><BR><BR>AFAIK lib/init/grass.ico is Windows specific, so Windows-ize it as needed.<BR>ISTR that Windows's .ico files could store multiple sizes within the same<BR>file, yes?<BR><BR><BR>Hamish<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>____________________________________________________________________________<BR>________<BR>Be a better friend, newshound, and<BR>know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.<BR><A href="http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ">http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>grass-dev mailing list<BR>grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org<BR><A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>