In continuing from a previous topic elsewhere on this forum, I originally believed XnView should have some new file icons and was delighted to then hear that a new logo was being designed. had to wait till new logo was ready until I could finish the file icons. I used Adobe's Illustrator and Photoshop to do these...
I'm hoping the icons (on Windows) can be included in a separate .dll file (like in KMPlayer) as to not to effect the xnview.exe filesize
Pierre thought it would be best if I ask on the forum first...
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budz45 wrote:...one could keep to the same Windows' 'file-type badge' design that your existing Xnview win icons have but I'm sorry but the 'badge' design is not compatible with Apple's design expectations (Apple's HIG)...
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/ ... Icons.html
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More and more Windows file icons designs are moving away from this 'badge' method especially cross-platform software icons like
Lot's of other software have used the tweak logo-color method to suit multiple file-types icons;
KM Player- http://www.recipester.org/images/6/6e/H ... s_-_07.jpg
Itunes/Quiktime (in the past)- http://i55.tinypic.com/sp81ms.jpg
My design keeps it minimal and the same across Mac and Windows and also complies with Apple's design expectations (no using of Windows style 'badging' on icons).