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Web applications / Re: Dooble releases, Qt5 builds

« on: January 08, 2025, 05:00:37 am »

Here is a tip for those that do not like the command  prompt window for dooble starting up and staying on the desktop.

1. Left click on the Dooble program icon.

(2. Under the Program tab, delete the last charactor in the the Path and File Name box  e) changing dooble.exe to dooble.ex

3. Select the Session tab.

4. At the bottom of the tab, check the Start Minimized.

5. Under the Program tab, add back the e in the the Path and File Name box changing dooble.ex to dooble.exe.

6. Close properties session.

7. Start Dooble.

You should not see the command prompt window as it is started.

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: David's Doodles

« on: January 06, 2025, 04:11:53 am »

Made a new os/2 640x480 boot logo

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Mouse Pointers

« on: January 05, 2025, 05:40:53 am »

These are some animated mouse ptrs.  These should work on OS/2 and eComstation with the animated mouse enhancement downloaded from hobbes.  I could not get it to work with ArcaOS 5.0 and haven't tried since.

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Mouse Pointers

« on: January 05, 2025, 04:58:24 am »

more ptrs

Inverse pointer change color depending on the background

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Mouse Pointers

« on: January 05, 2025, 04:01:23 am »

More Pointers

Inverse pointer change color depending on the background

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Mouse Pointers

« on: January 05, 2025, 03:20:26 am »

I am slowly moving the mouse pointers I created in David's Doodles to here.

The shuttle and ballon ptrs are really aninated pointer sets. However, one can also use an individual ptr as an arrow if they want.

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General Discussion / Re: Desktop Icon Placement

« on: January 04, 2025, 08:54:41 am »

There are two other things you might try.

1.   If you backed up you desktop, try restoring the last working backup.

2.  There is a tool that is used for icon creep.  It may work for your problem also.  I attached the utility.

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Graphics and Window Design / [MOVED] Martin, a suggestion

« on: January 02, 2025, 07:04:36 pm »

Martin, I have a suggestion.

I think it would be nice if you created a new forum catagory under the Technical column called Graphics and Window Design, and move the David's Doodles, Dynamic Icons and the Bigicons topics to it.

It would make it easier for those looking for some any of the graphics or icons to find them.

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Bigicons

« on: December 16, 2024, 08:11:03 pm »

Red Glass folder theme with the grey system folder icons.

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Bigicons

« on: December 09, 2024, 11:30:22 pm »

A new folder icon theme called GreenAgain.

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Bigicons

« on: November 30, 2024, 06:01:03 am »

This is a two color folder - orange and yellow

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Bigicons

« on: November 25, 2024, 03:44:16 am »

I think possibly at one time IBM planned on supporting 60x60 size. The reason I say that is I have found a few icons in the past that included this size.

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Bigicons

« on: November 22, 2024, 05:52:42 pm »

OS/2 icons are a lot of work.  That is why I prefer making and using PNGs. The icon editor is limited and as a result makes working with it tedious.  You really need 4 icons for the 4 sizes sizes used by the system.   If one uses one large icon and lets the the workplace shell resize, it is a hit and miss as to what you get, especially when using the smaller sizes.

I usually make four separate icons in windows using the free Greenfish Icons Editor Pro.  In fact, I make most of my PNGs using this editor, version 4.2.  This is a powerful icon editor.  It is a shame one of the few things it can't do is read OS/2 icons.

I make 4 PNG icon sizes
40x40
32x32
20x20
16x16

Usually you can resize 40x40 to 32x32 with a lot of touchup work.

I have found on the smaller sizes, 20x20 and 16x16, one cannot use the whole 40x40 icon. Thus I figure what I can leave out or reduce content to where people still know what the icon is from using the larger size icons.

I then boot to ArcaOS, and open the icon editor.  I search for an OS/2 icon that has the color options I need along with the 4 sizes.  I then use pmview to copy each png to the correct icon size on the icon I am using.  Do a lot of touchup work and then rename and the new icon I modified from the original.  I then test the large icon and small icons to see if it is readable.

As you can see, it is a lot of work creating a descent OS/2 icon.

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Bigicons

« on: November 22, 2024, 03:56:04 am »

Hello

I have another request if possible. I want to ask Lothar Söns to update the icon of his "LSZipWizard".
Can you please improve the icon in both .ico and .png format to see if he wants to ship it with his software? I'm attaching the .ico.

Regards

Here is an icon I quickly put together in both ico and png formats.

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Graphics and Window Design / Re: Bigicons

« on: November 11, 2024, 01:34:03 am »

I had not done a purple folder theme, so I decided to do one.