From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: choice for the new emacs icon Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:15 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200802050135.m151ZGDH005052@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87hcgof9as.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200802060547.m165lAPb003310@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <47A961EA.2000202@gnu.org> <200802070358.m173wKE1004822@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87hcgkp740.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202438080 13135 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2008 02:34:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 02:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jason Rumney To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 08 03:35:01 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JNJ4t-0005nt-G1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:34:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNJ4Q-000526-LS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNJ4M-00051H-Ur for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNJ4M-0004zn-0a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNJ4L-0004zR-QK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:25 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JNJ4E-0004Kz-KL; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:18 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CACpOq0dMCpsg/2dsb2JhbACsQ3s X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,318,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="13870253" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 07 Feb 2008 21:34:16 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.155.32]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id OEQ67916; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:16 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 727D88568; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:34:15 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87hcgkp740.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:30:39 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:88485 Archived-At: >>> For those times when an icon the size of your head is appropriate... >> >> No: for those lucky people using 22" screens with 3840x2400 resolution. >> >> Stefan "Still hoping to get one of those" > Hopefully by the time those become widespread, everybody will have > switched to using SVG icons instead... Indeed. Looking at the history of those monitors, I'd say they're part of the past more than the future. There is very little DPI improvement in the large-screen sector, if any. 1600x1200 basically can't be found below 20" any more (unless you get down to the 17" laptop screens). Stefan