Dichiarazione Di Successione Software Ware. I have some comments that I hope will be helpful to anyone interested in this topic. Disclaimer: As the developer of Microangelo icon tools, my insights are technically based (read that as, 'has no artistic talent'). As Raymond wrote, colors and sizes in Vista are the same as Windows XP. But there is also a new twist.

Icons have always been limited to the maximum size of 256x256 - a technical detail. Although standard installations of previous Windows platforms supported a maximum icon size of 48x48, Vista embraces the maximum 256x256 size for a new purpose. (see 'Hi-Res' below) There will be a compression mechanism for icon images introduced in Vista. Windows Via C/c 5th Edition Pdf here. This should NOT be a concern to programmers or artists. The compression is simply a smart move by MSFT to optimize CPU speed vs. Memory for the size of these images.

Developers should concentrate on providing the 256x256 images and leave the compression details to an icon editor like Microangelo. That's my.02 on the first two questions of this thread - colors and sizes. Here are a few comments and observations on 'other details': Three-dimensions: Vista will push the envelope on three-dimensionality in numerous ways, and icons are only a small piece of that direction. Whereas XP icons introduced drop shadows on a 'flat' desktop, Vista icons deliver true dimensionality. The XP icon style guide's recommendation for a drop shadow suggested the appearance of a flat, cardboard cutout in front of a vertical wall (the desktop). The Queen Is Dead The Smiths Rapidshare.