Ideas concerning desktop application icons

Andy Fitzsimon andyfitz at gmail.com
Sun Aug 27 21:45:09 PDT 2006


There's no information at  http://ixons.info/  whatsoever.

On 8/28/06, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj at acm.org> wrote:
> Christopher R. Parr wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm trying to start a new project - Ixons (Icons on Unix). Its aim is
> > to think about a way to manage all the icons for any desktop.
> >
> > Interested?
> >
> > Then have a look at http://ixons.info
> >
> > Please tell me what you think about this.
>
> 1.      There is a standard for where global icons are installed.
>
> 2.      There was a recent attempt to develop a standard for where apps
>         install their "private" icons but some major KDE developers
>         objected.
>
> 3.      There is a project to standardize icon names.
>
> When there is full compliance with #1, somehow #2 is resolved, and #3 is
> completed and implemented, will there still be anything for your project
> to do?
>
> If not, I suggest that you join the project to standardize icon names:
>
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2ficon_2dnaming_2dspec
>
> and participate in further development of the icon theme spec:
>
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2ficon_2dtheme_2dspec
>
> --
> JRT
>
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