Re: when we bringin' back mozilla the dragon?

On 1/28/21 11:11 AM, this is what David E. Ross wrote:
> On 1/27/2021 8:57 PM, TheNewtekVideoToaster wrote:
>>
>> he's such a cool guy! i hate to see him reduced to being only the
>> dmoz mascot... i feel like a tee or something could be cool!
> 
> Over 7 years ago, I captured the Moz dragon icon, possibly via IconJack,
> an application that appears no longer available.  (I archive all the
> installer files of applications I install, at least until I successfully
> use an update.)  The background was somewhat washed out, so I edited it,
> with either IconEdit (also no longer available) or Greenfish Icon Editor
> (still available but not updated since 2017).
> 
> I edited it to increase the size of the dragon's head and to make the
> background more vibrant.  I saved the update as newHTML.ICO in my
> collection of icons.  I then used Nirsoft's FileTypesMan (available,
> last updated a year ago) to make newHTML.ICO the icon for all .htm,
> .html, and .xhtml files.  This means I can now distinguish my HTML files
> (480 for my Web site) from SeaMonkey software files, their shortcuts,
> and Internet shortcuts.
> 
I find it easier to edit a png image in GIMP / Photoshop and then use Greenfish to make the ico.
That may come from the benefit of Linux that doesn't use ICO files for images,  only PNG.  Not even in Windows programs run under wine. 
Either way, I do the same for a lot of my programs both windows and linux.

Al

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