From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23695 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2011 15:53:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 23576 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Jul 2011 15:52:55 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:52:35 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 96BA72C05F9; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:52:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:53:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: SETUP: default to mintty Message-ID: <20110727155232.GA26155@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20110726081717.GT29727@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E2F1AFE.2080104@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20110727074604.GW29727@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110727094341.GB28312@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-07/txt/msg00146.txt.bz2 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? > >> >> > >> >> I meant cygicons-0.dll,9. > >> > > >> > Yes, I like that one, too.  we could use it as the default 48x48 and > >> > 64x64 icons.  Per the MSFT guidelines in > >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx#size, smaller > >> > sizes should stick to a 2D look.  Maybe 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.  I was just thinking that at 16x16 there's no such thing > > as edginess.  And 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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat