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

[Dave Miner]

Calum Benson wrote:
> 
> On 15 Aug 2008, at 15:15, Dave Miner wrote:
> 
>> How big/hi-res are we talking about to need 72x72?  It's a meg, after 
>> all.
> 
> 
> Well, on my 24", 1920x1200, 96dpi display here, the 72x72 icons are (not 
> surprisingly) 3/4" wide and high[1].  That's bigger than our default 
> icon size, but they don't look huge on a 24" display by any means.  I 
> can certainly imagine some people using that size for desktop or file 
> manager icons, on a 24" or 30" display.
> 
> Of course, if we don't ship the 72x72 size, the 48x48s will just be 
> scaled up as required.  So I agree it's not necessary to ship them, if 
> it helps-- I'd maybe have pushed a bit harder to include the 64x64s if 
> we had any of those, but we don't :)
> 

I took a look at Ubuntu.  For Human, they ship up to 48x48 but also have 
an svg set.

Dave