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Offline iamaboringperson

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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #44 from previous page: October 20, 2003, 01:02:33 AM »
May I just ask what is the point of these 32-bit icons?
Seems like a waste of time to me.
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #45 on: October 20, 2003, 01:06:56 AM »
@Ima..

True they will require more storage and horsepower to render.

However, the plus points of the patch are

1) All OS3.5/3.9 icons can now use their full colours without having to get pens from the workbench. That in itself is a good thing!

2) Many people like antialiased true colour imagry on their desktop.

IIRC, you got a Pegasos recently, I thought youd approve ;-)
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #46 on: October 20, 2003, 01:48:50 AM »
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May I just ask what is the point of these 32-bit icons?Seems like a waste of time to me.


Your system must fly with 2-color Icons!  Do a lot of Shell-work? Why even start WorkBench?  :-P
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #47 on: October 20, 2003, 03:45:42 AM »
Elena is great !  :-D
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #48 on: October 20, 2003, 06:21:02 AM »
Also worth noting is that Windows is now probably the only OS without support for >256 color icons.
Heck, it doesn't even support 8-bit custom palette yet.

Good work Elena.


imaboringperson: progress isn't a bad thing y'know. 24-bits is a minimum requirement these days. Absolute minimum even. And being an Amiga user is no excuse :-)
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #49 on: October 20, 2003, 08:02:44 AM »
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May I just ask what is the point of these 32-bit icons?
Seems like a waste of time to me.


I guess if you think about it, it does seem over kill.  To reach the maximum potential of 24 bit color, an Icon would have to 4096 x 4096 pixles big and then it would just be a giant dither with every single pixel being a different color.  Might be hard to see too since I only run my Workbench at 1024 x 768.  :-D

Still though, the PNG icons look way cooler then the standard 256 color ones.  I think this program pretty much rocks!   :-)
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #50 on: October 21, 2003, 01:36:22 PM »
@ All

Elena sent me, a little patch to speedup PowerIcons on slow systems like mine. . . .are you interested?

Ciao

PS- in the near future, that patch will be inserted inside PowerIcons

 
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #51 on: October 21, 2003, 01:48:51 PM »
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by iamaboringperson on 2003/10/20 2:02:33

May I just ask what is the point of these 32-bit icons?
Seems like a waste of time to me.


First of all . . . I suggest you to be more educated, in the cares of other people's job and second if you wish . . . .don't use it.

Cheers

 
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #52 on: October 21, 2003, 02:32:17 PM »
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Framiga wrote:
Elena sent me, a little patch to speedup PowerIcons on slow systems like mine. . . .are you interested?
 


Sounds good! Is there any side-effects with this update - I mean is it recommended to use it even if your system ain't "slow"?
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Re: 32 bit icons on WB . . .NEW!
« Reply #53 on: October 21, 2003, 04:09:31 PM »
@JetRacer
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Also worth noting is that Windows is now probably the only OS without support for >256 color icons.

Windows supports 24bit icons... not 32bit, but 24bit definitely yes. At least Win XP... have you seen the program MicroAngelo for Windows?
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