PowerIcons on AmigaOS 4.0!

[cecilia]

i think you are missing a point here. having the ABILITY to use png icons is a good thing. the User decides WHICH PNG icons appear on his/her wb.

[jthomas]

Great Work!

[Quixote]

;-) Even if these are from another platform, I like the style.  Although drawer images might be preferable to folders.

:pint: - And welcome to Amiga.org, JThomas.  The first one's on me....

[Framiga]

Poster: cecilia  Posted: 2004/5/14 0:25:56

i think you are missing a point here. having the ABILITY to use png icons is a good thing. the User decides WHICH PNG icons appear on his/her wb.

Cecilia . .  .i love you :-)

I totally agree

Those and only those is the point! PowerIcons will be present as "Contribution" so, if you like use it otherwise . . .

Ciao

[Dagon]

Although drawer images might be preferable to folders.

We could use both, drawers for the root dir of each program ie ImageFX and folders for the dirs inside of it ie images etc. ;-)

[cecilia]

Cecilia . . .i love you

:lol: thank you! I love you too!

I totally agree

as an artist i feel it's my "job" to see the 'big picture' and keep people focused on that, instead of nitpicking about unimportant issues.

sure, there are icons i don't like the look of...... mostly windows icons! i like alot of linux-style icons because they are FUN.

while it's important to have an "amiga Look", it's also important to understand that having an amiga means the user has total control over their system and can create their own personal look.
and THAT'S what we want from a computer and why most of us have stayed loyal to amiga - in whatever form it takes! :-D

[SimoAmi]

I don't know if the purpose of these shots is to show new "icon package" as part of the OS or the ability to use multi-color PNG icons with transparency support.

I welcome the second option! I, for so long, recommended support for true-color/transparent icons. Glad to see it happen.

To get decent icon-set, it won't cost much to pay for Everaldo's services; His work speaks for itself:

http://everaldo.com/splashs/crystal-svg-apps.html
http://everaldo.com/splashs/crystal-svg-mimetypes.html
http://everaldo.com/splashs/kde3.html
http://everaldo.com/splashs/yast2-all.html
http://everaldo.com/splashs/yast2-instaler.html

I strongly recommend him.

[CodeSmith]

@SimoAmi:

Those icons are definitely very professional-looking, but aren't they a bit big?  I mean, I don't intend running my system at 2048x1536 all the time...

OBTW, I've never used PNG icons before.  Are they just .png files, or are they "real" icons with tooltypes, etc?

[cecilia]

Are they just .png files, or are they "real" icons with tooltypes

both.
you make them in a paint program. save them as PNG. name them "blah.info"

they magically become icons.  :lol:

if you open "Information" on these icons, you can change the tool types in there.

on MOS if I want to use an icon as a drawer, I create a dir and (re)name the icon the name of the dir. (I assume it works the same on an amiga with powericons)
simple.

[SimoAmi]

@SimoAmi:

Those icons are definitely very professional-looking, but aren't they a bit big? I mean, I don't intend running my system at 2048x1536 all the time...

Not an issue really! This guy can design icons in any given size. Take a look:
http://everaldo.com/splashs/sigma.html

Also, in windows and mac systems, icons are stored in different sizes and color depths in the same file. e.g. 16x16/32x32/64x64.

That makes me think, why not have an upgraded icon file structure, with same file extension and backward compatiblity !!

[dmouritsen]

All the purple-tinted ones are from the gentoo lila theme, thats why the printers are printing gentoo logo's :-D

What licence is PowerIcons released under?