From: Jacob Rus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: April 19, 2006 10:06:34 PM EDT (CA) To: pythonmac-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup
Bill Janssen wrote: No, I disagree. If there is any text, it should be in dark gray 18 point Lucida Grande, as per the HIG. XCode uses colored file extensions in its document graphics because it deals with many different types of source files, and this keeps them distinguishable.
It's not just XCode. *Users* deal with many different kinds of source files, and apparently the icons used in XCode are the ones that Mac OS X uses generically. For example, look at the Finder icon for a Java source file, and you'll see that the XCode icon is used there, as well.
Yes, java source files get the xcode icons, because XCode is set up on your machine as the editor for java files (and registered as such with Launch Services). Similarly for c, etc. On my machine, some of these get XCode document icons, and some get TextMate document icons, because for me, TextMate is the editor for those file types.
You miss my point, which is that python files don't need giant colored "py" splashed across them, if they have a distinguishable python icon. XCode does not follow the HIG, because it makes distinguishing c files from java files easier. Our new python icon will not have this problem, because it only needs to represent with one type of file.
I agree completely.
The greeked source code in the background of the document indicates "source code", the file extension indicates the language, and the color apparently indicates something as well, though it's not clear (to me) just what.
If you like, we could add some greeked source code. If we do, then the pyo/pyc files will need something other than random 1s and 0s to distinguish it, especially at small sizes. I'm open to suggestions.
I tried colourizing the document, but it's nearly impossible to find a colour that complements both the blue and yellow of the logo. You could darken the paper slightly (not so much that you couldn't read the word "DATA" though. Brendan -- Brendan Simons |
