We need an official poll on the Haiku frontpage!
I always thought that this was mascot!
it is not pretty? for me always he will be! 8)
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I donât like mascots as an OS logo, i preffer an abstract logo or an object. The cirlce of leaves is great!
I don't like mascots as an OS logo, i preffer an abstract logo or an object. The cirlce of leaves is great!
that file doesnât appear to exist.
nitro wrote:I don't like mascots as an OS logo, i preffer an abstract logo or an object. The cirlce of leaves is great!that file doesnât appear to exist.
He meant http://haiku-os.org/images/icons/icon16.ico
and for some reason the tags arenât working here - maybe theyâre turned off?
How about a Tanuki. It is cute, cuddly and definitely Japanese(provided we want to stick with a Japanese-esque theme). Not quite a panda, but certainly more fun.
Suppafly wrote:nitro wrote:I don't like mascots as an OS logo, i preffer an abstract logo or an object. The cirlce of leaves is great!that file doesnât appear to exist.
He meant http://haiku-os.org/images/icons/icon16.ico
and for some reason the
tags arenât working here - maybe theyâre turned off?
It might be because its a .ico file⌠generally they arenât displayed in browsers as graphics
Now that we have the right linkâŚ
I like that little icon too. As a mascot, well⌠maybe. You could have a penguin covered in a pile of leaves, or a Windows logo covered in a pile of leaves, or a Mac face covered in a pile of leavesâŚ
Oh, I see, no mascot. Well, that works too.
Kev
ico = windows icon, which arenât really graphics
luckily enough for most of us, our browser will handle it even if we arenât in windows, and display it in the address bar
ico = windows icon, which aren't really graphicsluckily enough for most of us, our browser will handle it even if we arenât in windows, and display it in the address bar
Is that setup to be the favicon, because it doesnât show up as a favicon in any of my browsers.
kurtis wrote:ico = windows icon, which aren't really graphicsluckily enough for most of us, our browser will handle it even if we arenât in windows, and display it in the address bar
Is that setup to be the favicon, because it doesnât show up as a favicon in any of my browsers.
Scratch that, it works in IE, just not right away⌠Doesnât seem to work in firefox at all though.
it works every once-in-a-while for me in firefox⌠Iâm not really sure why⌠but yes, it is set up to be the favicon
It works for me in ff for the hopepage. It would be nice if it could be done for the forums too!
it works every once-in-a-while for me in firefox... I'm not really sure why... but yes, it is set up to be the favicon
However thereâs also a related bug in Firefox in that it often does not store the image as the bookmarkâs icon, but only displays it in the address bar.
Hope they fix that for 1.0âŚ
As for the icon and mascot - I would also strongly encourage an abstract approach that resembles or elaborates on the logo, like the icon, which is nice - itâs really more mature and âadvancedâ and would symbolise the individuality and originality of Haiku much better than some mundane image of whatever.
Just my 0.2,
Hugh
How about a Tanuki. It is cute, cuddly and definitely Japanese(provided we want to stick with a Japanese-esque theme). Not quite a panda, but certainly more fun.
Yes! What better than the notorius racoondog⌠(did anyone else catch the leaf reference here, or was it just me?)
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How about a beautiful fairy sitting on a leaf with a giant golden fork?
- Beautiful ⌠because isnât that what Haiku is?
- Fairy ⌠lightweight, fast, nimble : all things you want from an OS.
- You seem to like leaves
- Fork ⌠well, itâs not a code fork, but itâs going to be a feature fork.
- Gold ⌠or any colour that isnât red, because FreeBSD/Darwin use red.
ico = windows icon, which aren't really graphics
What are they then? They always used to be noncompressed bitmaps.
kurtis wrote:ico = windows icon, which aren't really graphicsWhat are they then? They always used to be noncompressed bitmaps.
.icoâs are actually strange formats (but generally supported by many graphics programs) - a single .ico file can actually contain all sorts of images in different sizes and color depths⌠for instance, when downloading .ico graphics from the internet, many artists provide 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 72x72, 96x96, and 128x128 pixel versions of their icon, and then they may provide various bitdepths for each one of those (4 bit, 8 bit, 16 bit, 24 bit, and 32 bit are common) - thereâs also no guarantee that each of the different sizes and bitdepths are even the same graphic, they can be completely different if desired by the authorâŚ
all of this allows your operating system to use the proper sized graphic depending on the chosen icon-size for file listings, toolbars, etc. If an ico files doesnât contain an image of the proper size and depth, the next closest size is scaled and/or dithered (this process is slower and usually ugly) to make it fit.
This is why SVG is becoming popular for icons - no need to support multiple icon sizes to suit the OS and userâs desires, literally one-size-fits-all