favicon - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: TheDirty
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 01:31:03 pm
content: I just noticed the eevblog favicon is almost exactly the same as the favicon for electro-tech online. I don't think I noticed it before because it's like a negative.http://www.electro-tech-online.com/

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 01:37:32 pm
content: yes it is similar, favicons aside you can certainly tell the difference between the two websites ! (I'm a member there too but rarely use it, got fed up with peoples arrogance over certain subjects and the number of "noobs's" that don't even know ohms law)

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 03:46:30 pm
content: Quote from: TheDirty on October 03, 2010, 01:31:03 pmelectro-tech huh? seem interesting. should i be joining in?Quote from: Simon on October 03, 2010, 01:37:32 pmi sense some people here are like that too. and i suspect they are expanding.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 03:55:50 pm
content: to an extent you will get it on any forum and that forum is very large but that does not go to say it has quality members or rather it does not have the same ratio of total members to quality members. There are a number of people I find on there that have a high post count and are looked up to as the experts but often come across very arrogantly and seem to think that their way is the only way. I can thank that lot for my wasting a year trying to do pics in assembler when basic serves my need perfectly but no you get shot down over there for trying basic. never talk about global warming over there either, it fast becomes a heated discussion with people declaring stupid things about how rubbish it is just because they like to be wasteful and have no conscience over it. The board owner does not take active part in the board and leaves it in the hands of moderators that occasionally have their own little mission.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 04:10:26 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on October 03, 2010, 03:55:50 pmi dont know for others, but for me, the quality of eevblog lies under the Dave's rant. Thats what drove me here, and try to keep that habit ever since (rant)somehow, it gaves me life in online foruming!Quote from: Simon on October 03, 2010, 03:55:50 pmour term here... fanboys!Quote from: Simon on October 03, 2010, 03:55:50 pmthey dont understand the"basic"purpose of programmingQuote from: Simon on October 03, 2010, 03:55:50 pmThis is what i'm afraid of if its happening here. If for a sad reason its happening, then at least the moderators are choosen based on their similarity in personality as Dave has, NOT as what Dave knows. IMHO.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 06:41:42 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on October 03, 2010, 01:37:32 pmI'm permanently banned from that site because the administrator (Electrotosser) and a certain corrupt moderator (Bryan) decided they don't like me, despite the fact that I'd been there for over four years, made over 10,000 posts, my karma rating was in the top three and I had been thanked by more people asking for help than anyone else.Yes, the favicon for this site (I didn't know what that was called until now) should definitely be changed to something totally different.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 06:48:55 pm
content: Favicon design is hard, you've only got 16x16 pixels i think try looking at what I had to do to the rotaract logo on the district website to make it look vaguely reasonable (and technically what I did to the logo is against some self proclaimed authorities rules)

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 07:01:24 pm
content: According to Wikipedia, the limit is 32x32.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaviconI think something like a transistor or a tuned circuit would look good, as long as it's different to ETOL lol.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 07:09:23 pm
content: ok but thats the biggest size (32 pixel is nearly 1/2"), look at the favicons on your browser tabs, I doubt they are actually 32x32

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 07:14:30 pm
content: I am an member also at electro-tech online .This favicon its black , and EEV its blue ...Any way an prototype favicon for the EEV it could be the solution.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 07:21:49 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on October 03, 2010, 07:09:23 pmIt depends on your browser and screen resolution, 32 pixels is 0.31" or 8mm on my monitor and opera has a resizeable tab bar so the maximum size of the favicon depends on the setting.EDIT:Kiriakos-GR,Good idea but it's far too large it needs to be 16x16 or 32x32.Here's some smaller versions of your design.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 07:58:57 pm
content: and it's that 16x16 version that will mostly be shown

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 08:13:15 pm
content: Here's another idea.The background is transparent and the op-amp is opaque.I think I prefer the other design but I just thought I'd suggest it anyway.

author: DJPhil
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2010, 10:56:54 pm
content: Quote from: Hero999 on October 03, 2010, 08:13:15 pmI like the tiny opamp idea!

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 04, 2010, 06:49:07 am
content: Wikipedia says it can be a GIF. I wonder if most browsers alow animated GIFs for favicons?Perhaps it could display the letters EEV BLOG one after another or scroll, like an LED board? Or do you think an animated icon would be annoying?

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 04, 2010, 06:56:36 am
content: but does that work for all browsers, I make mine in BMP and then change the extension to .ico on a 32x32 pixel picture really your not going to gain anything from gif compression and I doubt the browser will "play" an animated favicon which would actually be highly annoying

author: sonicj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 05, 2010, 06:54:12 pm
content: just playin' around in illustrator. not sure i exported it correctly...

author: sigxcpu
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 05, 2010, 08:20:24 pm
content: So Dave didn't come here, but you've already changed his favicon few times. I'm wondering when we'll decide about his house and his car?Dave, I think your dog should be like ... and like... and not like.... Hm, brownP.S. Can you use a transparent dog?

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 05, 2010, 08:41:56 pm
content: I am getting happy even with the simple things .This is an Video blog , and so an TV-set it could be an good idea.Here it is , and its free .http://www.favicon.cc/?action=icon&file_id=238565

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 05, 2010, 09:15:11 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on October 04, 2010, 06:56:36 amThe good thing about real .ICO (not BMP with an ICO extension) is that it supports transparency as do GIF and PNG. BMP is crap because apart from taking up too much space (all right not important for a 16x16 image) it doesn't support transparency, which may or may not be important here.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 06, 2010, 06:43:18 am
content: well i suppose you can use whatever format you like that is supported, essentially it just an image, you put the .ico extension on so that the browser knows what it is