Re: UI design for Tk app--PNG's or GIF's for icons?
- From: Kevin Walzer <kw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:56:23 -0500
michael.kirkham@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jan 30, 7:00 am, Kevin Walzer <k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Some say that png's look smoother than gifs, which can be jaggy, and
this may subtly contribute to user perceptions about an application's
polish. So: does anyone use png's in their applications?
I now use PNGs exclusively in my applications. No matter how
meticulously one tries, GIFs look like Windows 3.1 era to me.
I guess I'm going back and forth on this mainly because I've spent a
huge amount of time on the icons of my applications...too much time. I
eventually started using the Tango icons, which are very nice,
sophisticated and contemporary. They have that look whether they are
GIF's or PNG's.
I can sometimes tell when an application uses GIF's, but I have to look
closely. Most of the time I don't notice at all. I'm more inclined to
notice if an icon is "out-of-place" or dated; a lot of icons in GIF
format are actually plagued by this syndrome, in my view. (Hence the
Windows 3.1 feeling.)
--
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com
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