Ok, I finally got around to doing a new icon for MoI.

Here's what it looks like on XP (old on left, new on right):



It also works with the ginormous style icons for Vista:



If you are tired of looking at the old icon, you can grab the new one here:
http://moi3d.com/beta/MoI_icon.zip

Unzip that, copy the .ico file to a folder somewhere (you can put it inside of MoI's folder under c:\Program Files), and then right-click on the shortcut that you use to start MoI and click the "Change Icon" button, then push the Browse button and find the .ico file that you saved earlier.

- Michael

Not an improvement as far as I am concerned. The original WAS!

Cool to have choice between old fashion or new wave :)

It never occured to me that anyone would prefer the old one, it was something that I just slapped together really quickly right before the first beta went out.

If you really want to keep it, I can provide the icon file for that one as well so that you can set up your system to show the old one if you want.

- Michael

I like this new icon! :)

I like the new icon as well - the old one just looks like the standard old icon I use in my TreeDBNotes info organizer everyday...

The new one lends an artistic flair which is nice since MOI is all about design etc.

Though I think it might be better to have a yellow "totem head" icon similar to the statues on the main page...

-Will

Excellent. Thanks Michael.

Nigel

> Though I think it might be better to have a yellow "totem head" icon
> similar to the statues on the main page...

Hi Will, I tried this originally but it was really difficult to make a version at 32x32 or 16x16 pixels that was at all legible. The lightbulb shape shrinks down to a small size better.

- Michael

I like the new one -- it's much better than the old.

Cool icon!

This set it apart from other lightbulbs in computing, an often used image.

Not sure if the white halo behind blends well with the clean edge illustration though.

Regards,

Marc

Hi Marc, thanks for the feedback!

> Not sure if the white halo behind blends well with the clean edge illustration though.

I experimented a bit with it and without it.

If I always knew what the background was going to be behind the icon, then I might have gone with no halo.

But when you have a darkish photo type background behind it, you lose the perception of the clean edge.

I figured that with a light bulb I had a good excuse to put in a white halo (that's the "light of inspiration") to ensure contrast of that outside edge... :)

- Michael