Re: GWorkspace 0.2.1

[Enrico Sersale]

On 5 Oct 2001, William F. Adams wrote:

> (posted and mailed 'cause the Usenet gateway seems to be one way)
>
> enrico said:
> >Regarding the Recycler, its code is almost done, but I've a problem with
> >the icon.
> >Provisionally, I'm using a recycler icon from an old collection of
> >Next-like icons. (also the GWorkspace's app-icon is from that collection).
>
> Hmm, wouldn't the GNUstep icon (which WindowMaker uses...) be better for this?
> But I see the conflict / redundancy....
>
> >I think that somebody should design or choose some new icons...
>
> For the Recycler? Still 48 x 48? Any especial preferences for color / color
> depth?

No special preferences.

I would only know if the users prefer a openstep-like recycler (even if we
have not a dock where to put it), or a Rhapsody-like one that could be put
on the desktop shelf.

> >I have also seen on Rhapsody (if I remember) screenshot that the System,
> >Local, Users folders had custom icons as well as e.g.
> >System/Administration /System/Demos /System/Developer etc...
> >
> >Perhaps this would be a nice thing for GNUstep, too.
>
> Yeah, but a fair amount of work---I thought Andrew Lindesay had done just 
> about
> every icon imaginable for GNUstep.
>
> A time ago I contributed a b/w Zip disk icon which he used as a template for
> the version for a prior GNUstep filemanager---do you have those icons?

No, I've no file manager icon...

> William
>
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