What is the best icon set to use on A2000 with 3.1

[paul1981]

You say "icon set" in your subject, but "icon library" in the post.  Not sure which you mean?  That's two different things.

In any case, best icon.library for any system is going to be Peter K.'s.  You'll need to use LoadModule or LoadResident with 3.1, with 3.5 or 3.9 it's just "drag & drop":

http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/IconLib_46.4

And MagicWB for the icon set:

http://aminet.net/package/pix/mwb/StandardMagicWB16

Thanks for the MagicWB16 link! I must have missed this back in October. Cheers!

[paul1981]

It is a heck of a set!  I couldn't believe how many icons were in there, some serious work by the folks who put it together (and of course the people who created all the icons, too).

I know some people think it looks dated, but to me that just means "classic"!  :lol:

Old machines demand old authentic paint jobs..

[paul1981]

What is all this about MagicWB and icons? I haven't used MagicWB since WB1.3. I didn't really care for it though. How do you access all the icons without installing MWB, in particular with OS3.9?

Maybe I should just DL and see what the deal is?

DL'd and checked it out. It seems just as I remember. Just a bunch of pink rectangles representing progs, prefs, folders, etc....  They don't look at all cool like OS3.5/3.9 icons. I don't get what the hub-bub's about.

Read this:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=54011

[paul1981]

This is a fantastic thread... there always seems to be a few programs that I can't find a good icon match for and the StandardMagicWB package is just what I've been looking for!

Not sure if what I do is unique but I like to first set a program icon to a choice MagicWB icon and then overlay a choice NewIcons icon over it.  This way I can switch back and forth depending on my mood and only need to do a few window cleanups and I'm off and running.

The question I have is for OS 3.1, what programs are out there that let you easily (i.e., via drag and drop) replace a programs icon image with a another image without changing the icons tool types?  As far as I can tell CopyNewIcon cannot be used for this as it is NewIcons image specific.

Thanks!

I'm not by my Amiga at the moment, so I can't be sure that this is the program I use, but it may be:

http://m68k.aminet.net/package/util/wb/IconImage