[Zope3-dev] Are there Graphic Designers? Icons sourced as SVG

Jeff Kowalczyk jtk@adelphia.net
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 07:06:14 -0500


It would be nice if all icons that are included in the standard Z3MI
were created as SVG source, like Gnome/Nautilus is starting to do. That
way they could be reused at different pre-rendered sizes for things like
Wizards and Training Walkthroughs. They could also be edited to derive
new icons that remain consistent with the ZMI, something many 3rd party
components could benefit from.

Of course, they would be pre-rendered to static GIF/PNG 16x16/32x32 for
inclusion in the actual distribution of Zope3. But it's not
inconceivable that within Zope3's later lifetime, some could begin to
use the actual SVG graphics in the browser for certain advanced Zope or
ZMI skins.

Here's an example of a guy who did some excellent commissioned work for
Ximian's Scalable Gorilla theme. The icons are editable SVG source.
http://jimmac.musichall.cz/gorilla.php3 (SVG icons)
http://jimmac.musichall.cz/ikony.php3 (main collection)