Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!johnhlee From: johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Vince Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: My AmigaDOS 1.4 wishlist Message-ID: <16163@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 9 Aug 89 22:03:26 GMT References: <12878@well.UUCP><16025@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1989Aug8.220028.13827@nc386.uucp> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Vince Lee) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 40 In article <1989Aug8.220028.13827@nc386.uucp> davewt@nc386.UUCP (David Wright) writes: >In article <16025@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Vince Lee) writes: >>space (I've tried). Since Amiga Icons are too big to begin with anyway, > > Icons on the Amiga are not hard coded. If you think that the icons ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >are too big, there are several PD programs that let you edit them and >some have a "shrink" option built in. There is nothing stopping you from >completely replacing the icons with 2 pixel wide lines, if that is No SH*T. I haven't been programming my Amiga for 3 years while failing to realize that I could edit my icons! When I first got my machine, IconEd was one of the two pieces of software I had (the other was preferences). What I want to see is auto-shrinking of icons in interlace so I don't have to edit EVERY GODDAMN ICON on EVERY DISK that I get! One of the biggest problems with the Amiga is that most of the developers I know have absolutely NO artistic talent. The Amiga Topaz font and "insert workbench" hand are constant painful reminders of this. Although the Amiga is a great machine, what most people see is the incredibly cheezy-looking workbench with its C64-looking icons. When they compare this with the sleek, professional-looking Mac with its sharp, crisp text and icons, it's no wonder Amiga's penetration into the business market is near nill. Editting my own icons won't change the Amiga's appearance for everyone else. Interlace mode, even with a flicker-fixer looks stupid because everything is wide and flat. What I'm saying is this: I don't wan't shrinking of icons just to make my own workbench look better. That misses the point completely. I think shrinking of icons would make the Amiga look more professional to people considering purchasing an Amiga instead of a Mac or Clone, and that would make it all worthwhile. > Dave -Vince