[Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 2-mrt-2006, at 18:55, Bill Janssen wrote:

> Ron Oussoren writes:
>> The 16 ton icon stays until someone brings a better alternative.
>
> W. R. Wing writes:
>> I LIKE the python squeezing the apple.  The 16 ton icon is not only
>> amateurish, it is so indirect an "in" joke as to be inscrutable to
>> anyone coming new to the party.
>
> I agree with Wing.  So there *is* a better alternative, and there's
> now a MacPython.icns file at
> http://bill.janssen.org/mac/MacPython.icns with the snake wrapped
> around the Apple.  Feel free to use it where it fits.

That's just one icon, we need several icons. At least we now have a
consistent set of icons. An historical looking set of icons, but a *set*
of icons.

>
> Surely better to act up front!  More snakes on the web page!

But Python isn't named after snakes ;-) ;-)

Ronald

>
> Bill