New-style Python icons

and-g...@doxdesk.com

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Mar 20, 2006, 11:56:59 AM3/20/06

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Personally, I *like* the new website look, and I'm glad to see Python
having a proper logo at last!

I've taken the opportunity to knock up some icons using it, finally
banishing the poor old standard-VGA-palette snake from my desktop. If
you like, you can grab them from:

http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.zip

in .ICO format for Windows - containing all resolutions/depths up to
and including Windows Vista's crazy new enormo-icons. Also contains the
vector graphics source file in Xara format. You can also see a preview
here:

http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.png

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Steve Holden

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Mar 20, 2006, 12:08:07 PM3/20/06

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Nice job!

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Scott David Daniels

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Mar 20, 2006, 12:36:59 PM3/20/06

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and-g...@doxdesk.com wrote:
> <announcing new web-site based Windows icons>

> You can also see a preview here:
> http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.png

Maybe you could change the ink color to better distinguish
the pycon and pyc icons.

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John Salerno

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Mar 20, 2006, 12:53:16 PM3/20/06

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Very nice, thanks!

GISDude

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Mar 20, 2006, 3:18:49 PM3/20/06

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very sharp! i like 'em!

and-g...@doxdesk.com

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Mar 20, 2006, 4:35:18 PM3/20/06

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Scott David Daniels wrote:

> Maybe you could change the ink color to better distinguish
> the pycon and pyc icons.

Yeah, might do that... I'm thinking I might flip the pycon icon so that
the Windows shortcut badge doesn't obscure the Python logo, too. Maybe.

I'll let them stew on my desktop for a bit first though...

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Michael Tobis

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Mar 20, 2006, 7:10:46 PM3/20/06

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I think this is great work but imagine what you could do with a real
logo!

Besides the pleasant colors what do you like about it?

I have in mind something with a coil motif but I can't execute it worth
a damn.

mt

and-g...@doxdesk.com

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Mar 20, 2006, 7:52:01 PM3/20/06

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Michael Tobis wrote:

> Besides the pleasant colors what do you like about it?

I like that whilst being a solid and easily-recognisable, it isn't
clever-clever.

I had personally been idly doodling some kind of swooshy thing before,
with a snake's head forming a P and its forked tongue a Y coming out of
it, but in retrospect it was just trying too hard. The plus-tadpoles'
simplicity appeals to me.

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Michael Tobis

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Mar 20, 2006, 8:04:45 PM3/20/06

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OK, but Python IS clever, so its logo ought to be too.

Since you are acknowledging they are tadpoles, I guess you've heard my
gripes...

mt

Carl Banks

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Mar 20, 2006, 8:38:18 PM3/20/06

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and-g...@doxdesk.com wrote:
> Personally, I *like* the new website look, and I'm glad to see Python
> having a proper logo at last!
>
> I've taken the opportunity to knock up some icons using it, finally
> banishing the poor old standard-VGA-palette snake from my desktop. If
> you like, you can grab them from:
>

> http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.png

I like 'em. Almost makes me wish I was using Windows.

(No it doesn't.)

Carl Banks

Fredrik Lundh

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Mar 21, 2006, 2:47:43 AM3/21/06

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and-g...@doxdesk.com wrote:

> I've taken the opportunity to knock up some icons using it, finally
> banishing the poor old standard-VGA-palette snake from my desktop. If
> you like, you can grab them from:
>
> http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.zip
>
> in .ICO format for Windows - containing all resolutions/depths up to
> and including Windows Vista's crazy new enormo-icons. Also contains the
> vector graphics source file in Xara format.

could you perhaps add an SVG version ?

</F>

Joel Hedlund

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Mar 21, 2006, 5:31:37 AM3/21/06

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> http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.png

Neat!
/Joel Hedlund

3KWA

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Mar 21, 2006, 5:52:30 AM3/21/06

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Superb! How about getting them in the 2.5 release?

Part of the reason why I am asking is that I am not sure what I have to
do to get Win XP to use these instead of the one coming with 2.4.2.

Cheers,

EuGeNe

Luis M. González

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Mar 21, 2006, 6:47:30 AM3/21/06

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This is strange... I've been trying to access this site since
yesterday, but I couldn't (Firefox can't stabilish connection with
server www.doxdesk.com).
However, I seem to be the only one with this problem...

Bruce

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Mar 21, 2006, 6:59:49 AM3/21/06

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3KWA skrev:

> Superb! How about getting them in the 2.5 release?
>
> Part of the reason why I am asking is that I am not sure what I have to
> do to get Win XP to use these instead of the one coming with 2.4.2.

That`s easy:

control panel
Folder options
File Types
*scroll to py file*
advanced
change icon

and youre done.

Tim Parkin

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Mar 21, 2006, 7:00:56 AM3/21/06

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Luis M. González wrote:

You could try using a proxy (one of the anonymous proxies would do the job).

Tim Parkin

Ant

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Mar 21, 2006, 11:06:01 AM3/21/06

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It's easier than that in this case. Just unpack the icons in yout
Python directory over the top of the existing ones. The change should
get picked up the next time you log on.

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3KWA

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Mar 21, 2006, 11:15:06 AM3/21/06

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Thanks a lot!

(Still think 2.5 could have spunky new icons:)

EuGeNe

and-g...@doxdesk.com

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Mar 21, 2006, 3:22:20 PM3/21/06

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Luis M. González wrote:

> This is strange... I've been trying to access this site since
> yesterday, but I couldn't

Might it be possible you have malware installed? Since I do a bunch of
anti-spyware work, there are a few different bits of malware that try
to block doxdesk.com, usually using a Hosts file hijack.

Try it with the IP address 64.251.25.168 instead - if that works you
should probably investigate your Hosts file and/or look at spyware
removers.

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and-g...@doxdesk.com

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Mar 21, 2006, 3:29:57 PM3/21/06

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Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> could you perhaps add an SVG version ?

Yes. I'll look at converting when I've used them a bit and am happy
with them. I think some of the higher-level Xara effects may not
convert easily to SVG but I'm sure there'll be workarounds of some
sort.

Brian Beck

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Mar 22, 2006, 12:23:14 AM3/22/06

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and-g...@doxdesk.com wrote:
> http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.png

Great work! Add an icon for Python egg files and you've covered all the
bases.

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Steven Bethard

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Mar 26, 2006, 7:19:06 PM3/26/06

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and-g...@doxdesk.com wrote:
> Personally, I *like* the new website look, and I'm glad to see Python
> having a proper logo at last!
>
> I've taken the opportunity to knock up some icons using it, finally
> banishing the poor old standard-VGA-palette snake from my desktop. If
> you like, you can grab them from:
>
> http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.zip

I just wanted to say that I've been using these icons for almost a week
now and I love them! I'd like to reiterate EuGeNe's request that these
go into the Python 2.5 release if at all possible.

STeVe

Robin Becker

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Mar 27, 2006, 2:43:12 AM3/27/06

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Steven Bethard wrote:
.......

>>
>> http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.zip
>
> I just wanted to say that I've been using these icons for almost a week
> now and I love them! I'd like to reiterate EuGeNe's request that these
> go into the Python 2.5 release if at all possible.
>
> STeVe

Whilst admitting that my preference is purely old fogeyism, I prefer the
older icons. However, there is one aspect which seems to be forgotten.
These logos/icons are much more abstract and so harder to describe
verbally. It's pretty easy to describe the existing Python icons: "can
you see a green snake on your desktop?". How does one describe these new
icons?
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Steven Bethard

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Mar 27, 2006, 2:20:37 PM3/27/06

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Can you see an icon with a blue and yellow plus on your desktop? ;)

STeVe

Robin Becker

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Mar 27, 2006, 6:26:09 PM3/27/06

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Steven Bethard wrote:
> Robin Becker wrote:
>> Steven Bethard wrote:
>> .......

>

> Can you see an icon with a blue and yellow plus on your desktop? ;)
>
> STeVe

no

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