From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10636 invoked by alias); 16 Aug 2011 08:36:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 7993 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Aug 2011 08:35:56 -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; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:35:39 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id AEDA02C0636; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:35:36 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:36:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 256x256 px icons Message-ID: <20110816083536.GH25129@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <4E4245B4.3020107@etr-usa.com> <20110810100725.GA6563@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110810102335.GD6563@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E428F62.4090001@etr-usa.com> <20110811103856.GC24478@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E44444A.2080700@etr-usa.com> <20110812065957.GH16226@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E495CD1.3020908@etr-usa.com> <4E498B18.3030405@etr-usa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E498B18.3030405@etr-usa.com> 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: 2011-08/txt/msg00191.txt.bz2 On Aug 15 15:09, Warren Young wrote: > On 8/15/2011 1:52 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: > >On 15 August 2011 18:52, Warren Young wrote: > >>I present to you now, my magnum opus: > >> > >> http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/boxed-hippo.ico > >> > >>Now *that*, my friends, is an angry hippo. > > > >:) > > > >That is rather impressive, and yep, that's not a happy hippo. > > > >Is this just for fun or are you proposing this at the setup.exe icon, > > A bit of both. > > >in which case of course it would need further effort to make it work > >at small sizes. > > If this does win out over the current gray box icon, I'd say it > should be used as-is for 256 px, and can probably be made legible at > 48 px. At smaller sizes, I'd say the hippo will have to be evicted > from the box. I'll leave as an open question whether the 32 px and > below icons become hippo heads, or empty boxes, or C logos, or... The problem for me is that the Cygwin C is only a sidenote now, and that it lost its color. The C is the central brand, so it should have a matching exposition. Only few users will see the 256x256 version of the icon, most will see the 32x32 or 48x48, and in these cases the simple box with C is clearer afaics. > This is posed 3D art, so now that I have the assets, I can re-pose > and make new renderings fairly easily. About 90% of the effort of > getting here was just bringing all the pieces together. > > I don't think this replaces the newly finalized C logo on the first > setup.exe wizard page. I think the box motif works best for the > .exe itself, the thing you click on to start unpacking things. Not so sure about that... http://cygwin.de/angry-hippo-setup.png I just hope the hippo is free art. I really like the 3D box, but I think it would be better to have a 3D Cygwin C hopping out of the box. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat