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Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency

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On 11 Feb 2026 15:13:14 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:


> The idea behind them was brilliant: rather than try to create the same
> icons at different sizes using pixels, just create them as vectors
> knowing that no matter what size they are turned into, they look the
> same. It seems so obvious to do it that way now, but it was uncommon for
> very long.

Yeah, my first rodeo with the Microsoft icon editor was pixel by pixel. 
For that matter after you laid out a GUI and looked at the resources file 
everything was absolute positioning.  
 
> That said, I find Ubuntu's approach to icons to be the best. As far as I
> can remember, not only does it make use of SVG icons which look good no
> matter what size they're at, but the desktop itself allows you to place
> the icons in logical place. Yes, it _does_ make sense to put the Home
> folder at the bottom right the same way that it makes sense to have the
> trash be on the dock. If things were perfect, the Home would remain
> there but any files you add to the desktop would be placed at the top
> left and line up horizontally rather than vertically. Anyways, it's a
> personal preference.

I don't have anything on the Desktop, just the panel/taskbar. Even on 
Windows I seldom use the Desktop icons. Personal workflow as you say.

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  Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2026-02-03 21:55 +0000
    Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-05 18:27 -0500
      Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-02-09 21:00 +0000
        Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-10 00:09 +0000
        Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-09 19:27 -0500
          Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-02-09 19:31 -0500
            Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-10 05:00 +0000
        Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-10 00:31 +0000
          Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-10 03:21 +0000
            Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-10 04:56 +0000
              Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-10 17:36 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-10 19:45 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-10 22:25 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-11 00:23 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-11 15:13 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-11 20:55 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-12 01:01 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-12 03:52 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-12 13:49 +0000
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-12 20:44 +0000
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  Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-02-03 23:14 +0000
    Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-04 00:16 +0000
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          Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-02-04 14:13 +0000
  Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-03 23:51 +0000
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    Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-04 22:21 -0500
      Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-05 13:52 +0000

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