Hi All,
I've had a few days away from email, etc., because I over did it last
week and was very tired, then, of course Le Mans was on at the weekend.
You won't get any sense out of me on a Grand Prix weekend. However, for
Le Mans you just won't get anything.
I have been back at it again only to discover an awful lot of discussion
that I have yet to read completely.
Did everyone miss my emails. I thought that it was quite clear that this
would take a long time to sort out and not just a matter of redrawing
icons in SVG format.
Slow down guys, there is plenty of time to play graphic designer. But
now is not the time.
I have a source download of 12.1 on my system and I am working through
what has actually been happening.
Briefly:
There is a lot of duplication both of names and graphics.
There are an awful lot of alternatives to some of the graphics.
A naming convention does not exist, anything goes leading to very
unreadable names, and why have some people added 'icon' to the name
that's not really necessary.
The graphic images should be stored in a separate folder from other
resources for clarity.
Then of course there is the biggest question mark of all. Why are we
considering using SVG file types at all? They aren't really appropriate
for the proposed purpose.
The majority of icons currently sit in the following sizes: 8x8, 16x16,
24x24 and 32x32. But, to be honest this is not always the case when you
look at some, they are not the size stated on the packet... Anyway, at
these sizes SVG offers no benefit.
Furthermore, why is the handling of icons so complex in NetBeans? I
don't understand why you would go to the bother of creating compound
images in the code when the simple solution is to have a separate image
already created on hand.
Now, I get the potential problem with HiDpi/retina displays but surely
that too can be dealt with by images prepared at the right scale. Maybe
we just need to extend the base 8 series to 40x40 and 48x48 or whatever
is necessary to accomodate these hires screens.
We need to complete the analysis before we get creative, surely you are
all aware that you have to do the research first. Then decide on the
most efficient and effective approach (one of which is to give proper
structure to the icons, and, as important meaningful names) neither of
which are currently available.
I could go on but even I'm getting bored.
Regards to all
Jeremy
Stay Home, Stay Safe and above all Stay Healthy.
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