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Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency

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On 11 Feb 2026 00:23:45 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> On 10 Feb 2026 22:25:48 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:
> 
>> I have always been impressed with the SVG icons people make which look
>> great when small and absolutely gorgeous when enlarged. The level of
>> detail they put into things most people don't even think about is
>> spectacular.
> 
> Thanks for jogging my memory. I was thinking of SVG not PNG. Yeah,
> they're something else the way they scale up.

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.

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.

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Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-03 21:40 +0000
  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
                Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-02-11 16:10 +0000
  Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-02-03 13:55 -0800
  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
      Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-02-03 16:25 -0800
      Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-02-04 03:04 +0000
        Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-04 04:58 +0000
          Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-02-03 22:22 -0800
          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
  Re: Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency Andrew Mulligan <oldeemail1956@aol.com> - 2026-02-03 19:23 -0500
    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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