Developer comments
Thanks for the suggestion. Making .deb icons more distinctive is a great idea.
I have reviewed the proposed solutions with Michael Vogt, our packaging expert. Solution #1 is straightforward, but we particularly like solutions #5 and #10, using a thumbnailer to show the application icon from inside each package.
Deb Thumbnailer is a good start, but it needs a bit of code cleanup. We will work with the Deb Thumbnailer developers to see if it can be made suitable for the default Ubuntu installation.
If you would like to help out, the next step is to get it packaged: http://launchpad.net/bugs/685851
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jeypeyy
wrote on the 23 Jun 10 at 20:15
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Some ideas of what it can look like?
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lvxferre
wrote on the 24 Jun 10 at 07:15
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What I can think now is an OPEN box (not closed, as package icons) with a floppy inside (most people already associates it with install) and Debian symbol in the floppy... so, the visual style is still the same, however the icon is more explicit about the package contents.
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@lvxferre: I like it. Post a solution with an example.
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great work geodro....ur mock up is fantastic
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Sn3ipen
wrote on the 29 Jun 10 at 03:24
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I don't think .deb packages should be allowed to use their own icon. It would be to hard to implement. Where would they get the icon from? You could have it inside the package and have the os to automatically check for the icon. But then again it is to much work to implement such a useless feature.
And by the way it reminds me to much of those buggy Windows installers.
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Auzy
wrote on the 29 Jun 10 at 06:09
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Sn3ipen.. buggy Windows installers? Ha? Not sure where you are getting your dodgy info, but please explain. The reason why Linux is stagnant, is exactly because of all the BS people invent. You may think it makes you cool to diss windows, but honestly, there is a good reason why people are rejecting distro's like ubuntu..
I don't think it should be too difficult to generate their own icons personally (image files already do this, and movies which is significantly more complex). Overlay it with a symbol to tell them its a package, and its the optimum solution
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@Sn3ipen, that was exactly the intent with Solution #2. It's an optional specification whereby a packager can choose to include an icon or not. If the file manager supports displaying it, then it would, otherwise not. Maybe I didn't make that very clear.
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@geodro I like your idea of merging the two. I'm kind of torn between which icon (software center vs. application) would be dominant and which would be scalled down though.
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Grose! The people who propose solutions almost completely lacks of taste and sense of stethic. The Ubuntu Software Centre is one of the top 10 worst icons ever seen
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@mydoghasworms: solution proposed, with example.
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@lvxferre: thanks! I saw your example and gave it +1.
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geodro
wrote on the 20 Jul 10 at 10:09
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@cheazz install the latest version of deb-thumbnailer (0.6) and run:
deb-thumbnailer --switch
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i think it will be good to add ARCH symbol, 32 or 64 also
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pranesh
wrote on the 26 Apr 11 at 04:12
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every package icons should be similar to the name of the software package it should be unique and it should be stylish
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lan3y
wrote on the 10 Jun 11 at 23:51
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is anything happening with this? seems to have stalled would be a nice feature to have.
Tom
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nickr
wrote on the 13 Jun 11 at 19:41
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Hopefully the App icon won't cover up the type of compression that was used: deb/zip/tar.bz2
Solution #10 blots out the identifier on the "box." Users should be able to look at the icon and quickly identify the type of compression used. This is more important than seeing the app's icon because the name of the file puts the App's name first. The compression format is last in the name and more easily identifiable when displayed on the "box."
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