Pidgin Icons

Ethan Blanton elb at pidgin.im
Wed Oct 24 17:46:31 EDT 2007


Eion Robb spake unto us the following wisdom:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:03:41 +1300, Sean Egan <seanegan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Nope. Only Windows would understand the multi-sized .ico files, and
> > the .svg files don't allow pixel-perfect rendering at tiny sizes.
> 
> Ok, what about a different format of mipmap, like a png with different  
> sized icons in it?  Wikipedia has an example of what I'm meaning at  
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/MipMap_Example_STS101.jpg

Again, nothing understands this format, so shipping it is not a
benefit.  We have to work with the "standards" that various desktop
environments support.

Ethan

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