Re: Icons of program

[raster redhat com]

On 18 Apr, Redaelli Paolo shouted:
->  Il 18-Apr-98, Anders Wegge Jakobsen ha scritto:
->  >raster@redhat.com writes:
->  >> yes.. that was a problem.. it coudl be easily fixed by having icons
->  >> 24bpp :) create a new format. info was good for amigas.. but not for
->  >> gnome. it's a good concept tho whcih shoudl at least be considered when
->  >> coming up with a new format.
->  > 24 bpp migth be a little excessive in most cases :-) 
->  What about PNG? It can be as thin as 1 bit and as fat as 24 but + 8
->  transparency.
->  The problem is that we can't add comments or the like but I'm not sure.

thats the problem.. :( If we want a nice compact icon format that can
port all the information for a file (parameters to run it with,
comments, image(s) for the icon etc.) we need a better tag-based format
- ala IFF. Just USINg another format isn't always a solution. Just
because one exists doesn't mean it's good, and usong an existing fomrat
will stil mena we need to extend it if we can, which means having to
write utilties to edit/extend/convert etc.. and in the end its about
the same amount of work as a completely new icon format.

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