OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical > Web applications
Firefox and youtube
Dave Yeo:
--- Quote from: David Graser on April 14, 2019, 05:38:15 pm ---Hi Andre
Dave can correct me if I am wrong. After reading everything stated, it is my understanding the blue planet icon is used to distinguish the nightly test builds from the approved FF builds. It looks to me like a good ideal to keep confusion down. That is not to say that you cannot switch to a different icon for the test builds if you so choose once the test build is installed.
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Yes, that is basically it except the official Firefox icons etc are also trademarked and we're not supposed to use it without permission. especially if we've patched the code, which we have.
The code is here, (linking to github as it seems easier to download individual files there) https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/tree/master/browser/branding.
previously I was just using the default, nightly I believe, now I'm using the unofficial branding.
It is also possible to add our own branding directory here and have our own browser, something to consider as we change the code.
xynixme:
--- Quote from: David Graser on April 14, 2019, 05:38:15 pm ---That is not to say that you cannot switch to a different icon for the test builds if you so choose once the test build is installed.
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Understood. I have no GCC (and all other goodies) installed, so I didn't really look at code of nightly builds.
You cannot fully switch to a different icon. You can only override the icon of the WPS WPProgram object, but the icon in the top left corner (of the title bar) of FIREFOX.EXE is the embedded icon.
An example is attached. (Assigned) orange WPFolder object's icon, (assigned) orange WPProgram object icon, (embedded) blue title bar icon.
Dave Yeo doesn't have to install a complex mobile mountain data reflecting system to upload a new version with just a new icon at 1.2kbits/sec, but then I may want (to create) a matching blue WPFolder object too. Hence the question if this embedded icon was a new icon. I do prefer any of the usual orange icons, but I don't mind switching to a blue (folder) icon of possibly a last FF45.9 nightly build for i686 for OS/2.
Based on Dave's confirmation I may now create a blue planet folder icon, and use "our" blue planet icon as the new (default) icon. I.e. no assigned own, different, orange icons anymore. To replace the orange ones (mainly of the WPFolder object, the WPProgram object will use the embedded blue icon by default).
xynixme:
--- Quote from: Dave Yeo on April 14, 2019, 07:01:19 pm ---the official Firefox icons etc are also trademarked and we're not supposed to use it without permission. especially if we've patched the code, which we have.
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Off-topic, for one due to the patched code, but in general icons aren't always the subject of copyrights. A simple example is the color brown of http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/util/wps/bf_brown1-0-0.zip, which is a trademark of UPS. Using the color brown will be "fair use" in that case. There's no competing nor confusing non-nightly product for OS/2 by Mozilla anyway. Actually you'd be promoting their browser for Windows by using a more iconic icon.
I haven't checked if no embedded (blue) icon would be an option for nightly builds, if the system will then use an (orange) icon assigned to FIREFOX.EXE by an user in the top left corner of the title bar.
Dariusz Piatkowski:
Hi Andre, everyone...
--- Quote from: André Heldoorn on April 14, 2019, 07:06:49 pm ---...You cannot fully switch to a different icon. You can only override the icon of the WPS WPProgram object, but the icon in the top left corner (of the title bar) of FIREFOX.EXE is the embedded icon...
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Actually, I do like the original FF icon set, and it is the nightly that kind of bothers me (no offence Dave..lol) only because our platform's reality is that it is the nightlies that actually give us the improved browser versions thanks to efforts like Dave's (I'm benefiting by running the AMD release here).
So if anything I'd love to pull that pesky .exe small icon out and just replace it with the old traditional one. I suspect that it's some type of a resource that's compiled into the EXE itself, not sure if it's even possible to yank it out??? I haven't tried it yet...short on time...
Dave Yeo:
Hi André, it is actually the symbol in the icon that is trademarked. The rules are here, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/distribution-policy/ which clearly states that we can't distribute the Firefox branded web browser.
Hi Dariusz, yes the icon is compiled into firefox.exe as a resource and can't be easily changed.
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