Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
>
> That's a tough decision. Both below look okay:
>
> Ethereal: nfsproblem.cap
>
> nfsproblem.cap [Ethereal]
The Windows 95 style guidelines, FWIW, specify the style "filename -
Program Name", maninly because buttons on the Start bar only show so
much info. Many X window managers and desktop environments show similar
app lists, and thus have the same problem, so the solution should be the
same, too.
(Yes, I know some of Microsoft's own apps ignore this rule, including MS
Word 95 and 97. This is something new? I gather that Office 2000 gets
this right, finally, but I'm not 100% sure, as I'm not paid-up on my
Microsoft taxes at the moment.)
> What are the color limitations for an icon?
Please use the visible-light part of the EM spectrum. <rimshot>
Seriously, GNOME for one doesn't care: it'll use anything up to 24-bit
truecolor images; one day, it'll do 24-bit images with an 8-bit alpha
channel. If the X server can't handle that, I'm pretty sure it'll
dither it down properly.
You might also want to do a 16-color icon, but _which_ 16 colors seems
to be less well-defined for X than for, say, Windows or the Mac.
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