[Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

[Brendan Simons]

On 19-Apr-06, at 8:57 PM, pythonmac-sig-request at python.org wrote:

> Christopher Barker wrote:
> > They look great, but what the heck is "DATA"?
>
> It was has's [idea][1] for what a .pyo/.pyc icons should look like,  
> similar to how script editor allows saving of plain  
> text .applescript files with an icon labeled "TEXT".
>
> [1]: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/2006-April/ 
> 016912.html

DATA is fine then I guess.  The regular .py files should probably be  
badged "Python" as well, for users unfamiliar with the logo, and it  
could include a few lines of code (steal some from the cookbook) in  
the same font and colour as the "DATA" icon (see my thoughts on that  
below)



> >
> > .pyc/.pyo files - Python binary code document,
> > executable but non-editable (should be similar to
> > .py/.pyw icon, exept indicating binary content); these
> > are mostly auto-generated by Python for efficiency. I'd
> > suggest a variation of the .py icon that indicated
> > binary content, e.g. a light backdrop of rows of random
> > 1s and 0s, or a word like '011010', 'byte' or 'data' in
> > its lower half.
>
> Ok, this is what I tried to do with those examples.  Do people like  
> them as is, or are there other ideas?

The general idea is good, but the implementation looks a bit  
cluttered.   You could reduce the conflict by greying out the 10010  
somewhat, making the font smaller (more lines), and leaving a bigger  
gap between the bottom of the 101010 and the word DATA.    Somebody  
did this work for the last set of Python logos.  Does anyone have the  
source?

>
> > PythonLauncher.app application - a drag-n-drop script
> > runner. Possibly use something similar to the Applet
> > Launcher.app for Java.
>
> Grey rocket ship with python logo on the front?  This might work,  
> but also might look kind of lame, like the java Applet Launcher  
> icon does. Then again, I don't have any great ideas for better ways  
> to do this.
>

See my last email.  Yeah, the potential for lameness is there, but  
maybe you can do something with it.

> Also, does anyone have anyone have any suggestions for the glassy  
> python logo before I go ahead and make a bunch more icons based on it?

I like it, but Aqua has tuned down a lot its glassiness in recent  
years.   I would tone down the difference between highlights and  
shadows myself, but I'm not going to argue about it :)

Good job!
    Brendan
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Brendan Simons
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