[Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 20-apr-2006, at 13:31, Jacob Rus wrote:

>> You do see other apps badging icons with the suffix.  It's standard
>> procedure for those files which can be opened by more than one
>> editor/reader.  Take PDF for instance.  The preview icon is there,  
>> but
>> so is "PDF", as a reminder that you don't -really- need to open it  
>> with
>> preview.
>
> Hmm... I would suggest that it's more about applications which can  
> open
> more than one type of file.  For instance, Preview.app puts a "PDF"
> badge on those icons because it opens many types of image files,  
> and has
> 24 different badged icons for PDF, JPEG, ICNS, TIFF, FAX, etc., as  
> well
> as a "generic" icon with no badge.  The "PDF" badge shows up as a
> reminder that you aren't dealing with a JP2 file.
>
> I don't mean to be contentious here though.  I'm perfectly happy  
> putting
> "PYTHON" on the bottom of the document icons.

I prefer both the .py and .pyc/.pyo icons without the text.  Without  
text
they are slightly cleaner and there shouldn't be any confusion about  
the type
of file.

Ronald