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Thunderbird Question

Ok so this is a little silly but I can't help but ask. How come Pat uses a very low res thunderbird icon in the thunderbird package when there are plenty of 128px+ versions out there.

Ask Pat? I know the Firefox one was upgraded during this -current cycle.

Which icon pack do you recommend?

Slackware packages for Firefox and Thunderbird use the same sets of icons Mozilla.org put in the packages with these programs.

The icon Pat has in the Slackware Thunderbird-2.0.0.23 package:

Code:

mingdao@paul:/backup2/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/source/mozilla-thunderbird$ file thunderbird.png

thunderbird.png: PNG image data, 34 x 34, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced

The two that come in the source from Mozilla are:

Code:

./thunderbird-2.0.0.23.tar.gz/thunderbird/icons/mozicon16.xpm

./thunderbird-2.0.0.23.tar.gz/thunderbird/icons/mozicon50.xpm

When converted from xpm to png you get:

Code:

mingdao@silas64:~$ file mozicon16.png

mozicon16.png: PNG image, 16 x 16, 16-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced

mingdao@silas64:~$ file mozicon50.png

mozicon50.png: PNG image, 48 x 48, 16-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced

and I guess you could make the higher res if you so desired.

Pat just put his own icon in there:

Code:

less /backup2/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/source/mozilla-thunderbird/mozilla-thunderbird.SlackBuild

<snip>

mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications

cat $CWD/mozilla-thunderbird.desktop > $PKG/usr/share/applications/mozilla-thunderbird.desktop

mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps

cat $CWD/thunderbird.png > $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png

Code:

mingdao@silas64:~$ file /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png

/usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png: PNG image, 34 x 34, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced

I'm sure anyone can change that and put his icon in place instead.

And the icon for Firefox that iirc was changed during -current:

Code:

mingdao@silas64:~$ file /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png

/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png: PNG image, 128 x 128, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced

Yeah I just replace the icon and rebuild it myself, but I just find it odd since the firefox icon is good but the thunderbird icon is low res. Here is a link to a nice 128 x 128 thunderbird icon http://www.kde-look.org/content/show...?content=31544

I find it odd that the icon matters. I hadn't even seen it until I did the
exercise above. But then, I use Fluxbox, and launch Thunderbird with keys:
Windoze logo key + T (at least that ugly key now has some useful purpose)

yeah it doesn't, that why I said it was a silly question. I just found it curious for some reason.