On 20-apr-2006, at 13:31, Jacob Rus wrote: >> You do see other apps badging icons with the suffix. It's standard >> procedure for those files which can be opened by more than one >> editor/reader. Take PDF for instance. The preview icon is there, >> but >> so is "PDF", as a reminder that you don't -really- need to open it >> with >> preview. > > Hmm... I would suggest that it's more about applications which can > open > more than one type of file. For instance, Preview.app puts a "PDF" > badge on those icons because it opens many types of image files, > and has > 24 different badged icons for PDF, JPEG, ICNS, TIFF, FAX, etc., as > well > as a "generic" icon with no badge. The "PDF" badge shows up as a > reminder that you aren't dealing with a JP2 file. > > I don't mean to be contentious here though. I'm perfectly happy > putting > "PYTHON" on the bottom of the document icons.
I prefer both the .py and .pyc/.pyo icons without the text. Without text they are slightly cleaner and there shouldn't be any confusion about the type of file. Ronald _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig