[indiana-discuss] [desktop-discuss] CD Space analysis and recommendations

[Calum Benson]

On 14 Aug 2008, at 16:34, Dave Miner wrote:
>>
>
> I tend to agree with this reasoning, and am not inclined to push for
> copy-paste engineering in themes anymore than I would anywhere  
> else.  I
> would ask, though, that space considerations be a part of the
> calculation in constructing the themes and dependency chains.  Also,  
> any
> thoughts about Glynn's suggestion of not shipping so many icon  
> variants?
>  For example, the 192x192 nimbus icons are 4+ MB all by themselves...

Yep, I'd certainly have no issues with splitting out the 96x96 sizes  
and upwards.  Icons bigger than 48x48 are rarely needed on most  
desktops, but we might want to keep the next size up (72x72) just in  
case-- they might be called into play on big hi-res displays.

(Even the large print themes don't ship anything bigger than 48x48,  
although their design means they do scale up a little better, when  
called upon to do so.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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