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Changing the Menu Icons?

270 replies · 45,527 views · Started 26 March 2003

[quote="evobit"]Uninstall it from tools -> manager 😉[/quote]

Thanks

Nice one j2k. Will be nice to use the final version.

HI!...

Some questions and suggestions about icons and your excellent app...

1. I notice that the icons are shinked on height size to see the label
at the botton of the icon, then when you enter to the app the icon it�s showed at the real full size on the upper left corner... is this right?

2. Are any way that your app have an option to NOT show the TEXT LABEL of the icons if we want?... that could be really a nice option... because the icons was created with that in mind you know... ICONS are IMAGES , ideas , symbols that are telling a name, without read text... if i see an icon i know what it is, i don�t need the TEXT... i really like if we can put ONLY ICONS WITHOUT TEXT LABELS on the screen. Just like we can put only icons on the Windows IExplorer Icons on the task bars. You may really try hard to make this option PLEASE! 😃

3. If the Icons that we create are not GIF with transparent BG, like a JPG or any other... tha BG will Fill the Square ? (44x44)

thanks!..

hope to see the Final Version SOON!!! 😃

cya!

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Thanks for your kind words everyone! 😊

In response to some questions from AEFOX:

[quote="AEFOX"]HI!...

Some questions and suggestions about icons and your excellent app...

1. I notice that the icons are shinked on height size to see the label
at the botton of the icon, then when you enter to the app the icon it�s showed at the real full size on the upper left corner... is this right?[/quote]

Yes, that's correct. The top left icon when the app is active is 44x44 but the icon shown in the menu is 42x49, hence the shrinking. 😊

2. Are any way that your app have an option to NOT show the TEXT LABEL of the icons if we want?... that could be really a nice option... because the icons was created with that in mind you know... ICONS are IMAGES , ideas , symbols that are telling a name, without read text... if i see an icon i know what it is, i don�t need the TEXT... i really like if we can put ONLY ICONS WITHOUT TEXT LABELS on the screen. Just like we can put only icons on the Windows IExplorer Icons on the task bars. You may really try hard to make this option PLEASE! 😃

Yes, sure...a text-free pack should be no problem 😉

3. If the Icons that we create are not GIF with transparent BG, like a JPG or any other... tha BG will Fill the Square ? (44x44)

I'm not quite sure what you mean here...do you mean how can you make the icon background transparent? If so, just make the area you want transparent bright pink (RGB 255,0,255 - HEX FF00FF)

thanks!..

No problem 😉

hope to see the Final Version SOON!!! 😃

Not long to wait 😃

cya!

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Byeeeeeee 😊

Looking really great!!! 😮 WhoooaaAAAaa!
I have only one question: How much space final version needs/takes?

Edit: Typo

HI!..

i think that the space will be depends on the amount of Icons you wanna change.. don't you? J2K?...

I know how to make transparent icons... but.. my question is
about that we don't need transparent icon all the time?.. i mean can be non transparent BG icons too right? ...

And one more thing to get clear... you said that we can put
icons without text labels... what is the best size for an icon pack for that?
44 x 44 too?... how much space use the TEXT LABELS?.. and then what is the Full Size Icon there? (without text labels)

Thanks! A LOT! 😃

cya! 😃

Yes I know that it depends how many icons you have 😉 ... But how big is the "core" of the prog whitout any icos? Not much I think (I hope)...
Icons itselfs won't take too much of space.

Approximately 10kb per icon. (That includes the icon file, which is 2kb each)

[quote="AEFOX"]HI!..

i think that the space will be depends on the amount of Icons you wanna change.. don't you? J2K?...

I know how to make transparent icons... but.. my question is
about that we don't need transparent icon all the time?.. i mean can be non transparent BG icons too right? ...
[/quote]

Yes, you can use non-transparent icons too.

And one more thing to get clear... you said that we can put
icons without text labels... what is the best size for an icon pack for that?
44 x 44 too?... how much space use the TEXT LABELS?.. and then what is the Full Size Icon there? (without text labels)

It will still be 44x44 (for the top left icon) and 29x44 (for the menu icon), with or without text.

cya! 😃

Bye bye

I think there could be an option which makes the icons transparent except the higlighted one (the one that you are on at the menu)

[quote="j2k"]Approximately 10kb per icon. (That includes the icon file, which is 2kb each)[/quote]

mmh... i have see that your's app make a todo.app file. this is 9kb.

so when Sdoubler compress an app, it make an file less to 300b that "call" sboubler. i think like a ".bat" file in ms-dos system.

my question is, can you change todo.app in a smal file?
thank you

sorry 4 my very bad english

[quote="nk8"]is my name down as a beta tester? i registered a while back[/quote]

Yes you are.

Is it possible to make Animated Icons ? 😃 many years ago i saw 1 of my friend's IBM computer,the desktop icon is animating 8) i wonder is it possible to do it on symbian phone?

[quote="Yoko"]Is it possible to make Animated Icons ? 😃 many years ago i saw 1 of my friend's IBM computer,the desktop icon is animating 8) i wonder is it possible to do it on symbian phone?[/quote]
@yoko: do you really want to have 9-20 animated icons in the menue???
a.o.t. that should really take in claim the RAM pretty much...
for in series 40, animated icons are allright because you have only one per screen.
I would be really fine with customable icons - the SW from j2K sounds great 😃

[quote="j2k"][quote="nk8"]is my name down as a beta tester? i registered a while back[/quote]

Yes you are.[/quote]

great, thanks :]

Do you need a translator for that wonder program? i can translate that to portuguese for free! see my email in my profile and email me if you are interested!

I don't know a thing about programming... but I could translate your program in Greek if you'd like... 😮 :angel:

If you need help I don't mind offering it... 😃

My email is just below... 😮 😃

[quote="netzmeista"]It would be nice if they are only animated when they are highlighted/selected.[/quote]

Yea, good idea 😊

[quote="j2k"]More pictures from my 7650...

Opinions on the new icons are appreciated.[/quote]

Sorry but I don't think the new Snake EX looks good. Kinda shabby IMO and if anything it should be left the same.. or modified from the original rather than a new image.

I like the connectivity ones though! They look really cool@!

HI! ...

lol! 😃 nice excuse to get any beta version! ...

ok ok .. me too... i acn traslate that to Spanish if you want 😉

J2K .. please!.. Launch the app!!! go go go !! :P 😃 😃 :multi:

cya! 8)

[quote="AEFOX"]HI! ...

lol! 😃 nice excuse to get any beta version! ...

ok ok .. me too... i acn traslate that to Spanish if you want 😉

J2K .. please!.. Launch the app!!! go go go !! :P 😃 😃 :multi:

cya! 8)[/quote]

LooL... yeap it seems funny...
:P
I don't mean that... :black:
I was planning on doing it after the launch of the program... :angel:

After all it doesn't cost anything to offer help...

Thanks for comments.

I agree that the Snake logo needs quite a lot of work! 😊

Attn: translators - thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it. Please PM me with details on how I can contact you, and you will be added to the beta tester list.

Cheers

HI!...

J2K you can contact me by email:

[email protected]

i was talking serius about the translation to Spanish, in fact
english is not my language 😃

i talk spanish, i am in Caracas - Venezuela... so i can
send you the translation of your app...

cya! 😃