Re: Look and Feel

[Banlu Kemiyatorn]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:55:02 -0600, Jesse Ross <jesse@jesseross.com> wrote:
> It was also discussed on #gnustep whether we could/should use a
> combination format of SVG/bitmap. I was initially in support of the
> idea, but as I have recently been working on some of the more
> photorealistic style icons, I'll have to retract my support. I think we
> should probably stick with a standard bitmap style icon, perhaps even

+1

> use .icns files, as Mac OS X does. This will also make porting
> applications over, as icons won't have to be converted or redesigned.

I think it is better to use the proposed .icon and write icns converter.
Since most (if not all) graphic editors existing on GNU/Linux
wouldn't know how to edit an .icns. While .icon is just a directory
bundle, anyone can open the file directly (eg. with gimp).