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5. May 2010, 11:23:13

operadev

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Icon Creator tutorial

The Icon Creator is a new Opera Widget that makes it really easy to create a professional-looking icon from any motif or other graphic you may want to use. This article provides a simple tutorial showing how to use its different functions.

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15. July 2010, 16:59:40

DanielHendrycks

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Should people add a Windows' ico file to the widget to make it work under Windows?

21. July 2010, 10:11:31

chrismills

Posts: 379

Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

Should people add a Windows' ico file to the widget to make it work under Windows?



Oh, like you need to do for favicons? I don't think this is necessary for Widget icons?
Chris Mills
Developer Relations Manager
Editor, dev.opera.com and labs.opera.com

21. July 2010, 14:25:49

DanielHendrycks

STEM loving liberal

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Well, Windows does not support PNG for desktop icons, so I was wondering if I need to use an ico as well as png (png for smarter systems).

22. July 2010, 14:04:43

chrismills

Posts: 379

Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

Well, Windows does not support PNG for desktop icons, so I was wondering if I need to use an ico as well as png (png for smarter systems).



I don't think so - it is still all done through the opera widget runtime, which does support .png.
Chris Mills
Developer Relations Manager
Editor, dev.opera.com and labs.opera.com

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