[Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup
Donovan Preston
dp at ulaluma.com
Fri Apr 21 23:16:45 CEST 2006
On Apr 21, 2006, at 5:04 AM, Brendan Simons wrote:
> I'm wary of using the brick logo, because as far as I can see Apple
> uses them extensively for OS components. I don't want to dilute
> their visual meaning by co-opting the icon for something
> different. I agree that the box isn't great either though since
> eggs aren't executable.
eggs are like components. They are plugins that you drop into Python
to give Python more capabilities.
>> Probably the python logo is enough, since the file ends in .py.
> OK, here I have to disagree again. I use icon view all the time,
> and I really appreciate having filetypes written on file icons.
> It's one of the reasons I switched to the mac. It lets me know
> what type of is what without having to decode some unfamiliar
> icon, or look to the file extension (which is still optional on the
> mac, though I admit, required for python). I'll look into the
> font, but I thought it was supposed to be Lucida Grande.
I'm fine with having py on the icon. I don't care because I'll never
be seeing that particular icon, because my py files will be
associated with another editor.
dp
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