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Jan Van Boghout · May 20, 2004, 07:06 AM

I've set out to create a bunch of replacement icons for VLC because the current icon doesn't quite wet my pants. So in the tradition of MacNN, I hereby post a teaser

Opinions welcome!

phillryu · May 20, 2004, 07:42 AM

Damn you Jan.. grrr. It's come to this huh? A teaser for mainly a single application icon!

Anyway, looks good

Can't wait for it to be finished.

Jan Van Boghout · May 20, 2004, 08:48 AM

All 3 icon sizes are finished:

cube3 · May 20, 2004, 09:05 AM

looks nice imo

Tiger Of Sweden · May 20, 2004, 09:06 AM

Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
All 3 icon sizes are finished:

Looks good! I think I will use it when u release it.

Jan Van Boghout · May 20, 2004, 09:39 AM

And the document icons are done too!

Download now and enjoy!

phillryu · May 20, 2004, 09:41 AM

Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
And the document icons are done too!

Download now and enjoy!

redboy · May 20, 2004, 10:03 AM

Wow, really nice and slick!! Thanx

nooon · May 20, 2004, 10:28 AM

Wow! this looks really cool!

Acrimonium · May 20, 2004, 11:40 AM

Thanks, great set...

p.h..i...l.... · May 20, 2004, 11:45 AM

Wow, very nice, I never liked the original one. Thank you

monkeybrain · May 20, 2004, 12:31 PM

Looking good. how about a swish quicktime one as well, it has such a poor icon and I've never found an alternative I like.

fireside · May 20, 2004, 02:05 PM

you BETTER submit that icon to the developers so they can use it. the current one blows big time.

Makki · May 20, 2004, 02:09 PM

Link is dead already lol

Jan Van Boghout · May 20, 2004, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by Makki:
Link is dead already lol

Still works fine here, try again?

phillryu · May 20, 2004, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by Makki:
Link is dead already lol

Sorry, but that was kinda funny seeing how it came right below someone's Zelda sig.

Cerbero · May 20, 2004, 03:20 PM

Great icons, much better than the default ones. Thanks

akuma-x · May 20, 2004, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
And the document icons are done too!

Download now and enjoy!

Killer icons dude! You should totally give them to the VCL guys so that they can use these as the default icons.
Thanks!

Lateralus · May 20, 2004, 03:36 PM

Great icons. Thanks.

Makki · May 20, 2004, 03:51 PM

yep i got it ow ehe thx lots man

Makki

Komisar · May 20, 2004, 04:45 PM

I like em alot thanks!

eyevaan · May 20, 2004, 04:46 PM

fantastic!!!

Kenneth · May 20, 2004, 04:50 PM

cool.. I am using it now.

Caesar2099 · May 20, 2004, 05:07 PM

�Muy bueno!

angelmb · May 20, 2004, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by Caesar2099:
�Muy bueno!

� Idem !

Jaey · May 20, 2004, 05:37 PM

Originally posted by phillryu:
Sorry, but that was kinda funny seeing how it came right below someone's Zelda sig.

Yes, that was my reaction, too. In fact, you might want to change your sig, Fireside. I keep thinking you're Link.

Icons look nice, by the way.

optimus_prime · May 20, 2004, 06:09 PM

i already miss the road cone icon..... jk new set rocks!

fireside · May 20, 2004, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by Jaey:
Yes, that was my reaction, too. In fact, you might want to change your sig, fireside. I keep thinking you're Link.

Icons look nice, by the way.

thats the worse insult ever.

ps: dont freaking capitalize my name.

Fonzie · May 20, 2004, 07:16 PM

it's just too bad that VLC (the latest) can't handle some WMV's - like the ones from Fredryk Phox

Komisar · May 20, 2004, 07:24 PM

Oh, i didnt know that i havent had any problems with the app yet

Lateralus · May 20, 2004, 07:25 PM

Originally posted by fireside:

thats the worse insult ever.

ps: dont freaking capitalize my name.

I've read a lot of posts from you thinking they were from Link.

Seriously, a signature change might be in order unless you are fine with such an association.

Jaey · May 20, 2004, 08:00 PM

Originally posted by fireside:
ps: dont freaking capitalize my name.

Sorry, won't happen again, fireside.

fireside · May 20, 2004, 08:35 PM

Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
I've read a lot of posts from you thinking they were from Link.

Seriously, a signature change might be in order unless you are fine with such an association.

do you mean that my content was like it was from Link or just because of the sig?

this better?

mac15 · May 21, 2004, 08:30 AM

they are bangin' Jan. I've posted on MacThemes about it for ya. Interesting reads section

The DJ · May 21, 2004, 09:41 AM

VLC team already knows about the icons

Actually we really like them. The single gripe is that so far ALL non OSX users I have shown this, say: Why is it so similar to the Mplayer icon?

Also, i'm considering what to do with the file-icons, and the extension that we include on them.
I'm thinking about whether this is desirable. Since you won't know what kind of video is in a AVI, how useful is it to say that it's an avi, when this is already in the extension of the file.

Also remember the huge amount of extensions VLC supports (around 35). There is a maintainability issue as well here. Anyone any suggestions on that subject?

DJ

bOOzo · May 21, 2004, 10:50 AM

Originally posted by The DJ:
Also, i'm considering what to do with the file-icons, and the extension that we include on them.
I'm thinking about whether this is desirable. Since you won't know what kind of video is in a AVI, how useful is it to say that it's an avi, when this is already in the extension of the file.

Remember that it's possible to hide extension from file names. I would like to perhaps see a difference in color for different file formats, although that would not work so well with the current black file icon..

Jan Van Boghout · May 21, 2004, 11:10 AM

Originally posted by bOOzo:
Remember that it's possible to hide extension from file names. I would like to perhaps see a difference in color for different file formats, although that would not work so well with the current black file icon..

The glow color could be changed, although that would probably be practically invisible.

As for the play symbol, what do you people think about this?

The star of all media players, movie stars� what else

monkeybrain · May 21, 2004, 11:26 AM

The star looks nice, but would people really associate it with movies? How about a glowing camera, with the film reels above it sort of thing.

Also, is just me that think the icon looks a bit small in the Dock compared to other icons?

Stradlater · May 21, 2004, 11:53 AM

It looks very nice. You could always do a silhouette of that cone to appease the VLC authors

fireside · May 21, 2004, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by The DJ:
Actually we really like them. The single gripe is that so far ALL non OSX users I have shown this, say: Why is it so similar to the Mplayer icon?

it looks nothing like the mplayer icon.

iOliverC · May 21, 2004, 02:18 PM

Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
The glow color could be changed, although that would probably be practically invisible.

As for the play symbol, what do you people think about this?

The star of all media players, movie stars� what else

How would a blue glow look?

underwood · May 21, 2004, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by Stradlater:
It looks very nice. You could always do a silhouette of that cone to appease the VLC authors

this would look nice. but it would be hard to tell if it's a cone...i mean without the stripes and all.

Jaey · May 21, 2004, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by underwood:
this would look nice. but it would be hard to tell if it's a cone...i mean without the stripes and all.

The stripes could be a different shade...

ender2002 · May 21, 2004, 04:36 PM

A film reel and a blue glow in ht center (ala Bombia's Dark Days set) would be shank.

Ozzpot · May 21, 2004, 04:45 PM

Originally posted by ender2002:
A film reel and a blue glow in ht center (ala Bombia's Dark Days set) would be shank.

Does "shank" mean good or bad?

Kids these days...

Komisar · May 21, 2004, 05:10 PM

i thought shank means a knife... but i dont know bout kids these days... me being one of them

Jan Van Boghout · May 21, 2004, 05:25 PM

In related news, I'm tinkering around and currently have my VLC video window looking like this:

fireside · May 21, 2004, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
In related news, I'm tinkering around and currently have my VLC video window looking like this:

its not DVD player

but according to this this site, DVD player is going to be more like VLC.

Stradlater · May 21, 2004, 06:00 PM

Originally posted by fireside:
according to this this site, DVD player is going to be more like VLC.

some of those seem far-fetched...but I guess I won't rule them out

TheSpaz · May 21, 2004, 06:37 PM

Thank you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much!

Now I don't have to feel ashamed to have VLC in my Dock... that's one of the biggest reasons why I hated using it. Thanks again.

By the way, those rumors are pretty neat, but is 10.4 really that close? It seems like Panther JUST came out... you know? Man, I'm getting old or something.