favicon submission

Ben_Axelrod1 · March 3, 2010, 3:33pm

I am a big fan of favicons. I think MPL should definitely have one for the impending 1.0 release. So I made one for you.

To use, simply place this file in the top level web directory. That is usually all that is required. But some browsers prefer if you put:

in the header of the html pages.

Enjoy,

-Ben

_John_Hunter · March 3, 2010, 5:16pm

Cool -- we're live

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/

(may need to refresh)

Thanks!
JDH

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On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Ben Axelrod <BAxelrod@...817...> wrote:

I am a big fan of favicons. I think MPL should definitely have one for the
impending 1.0 release. So I made one for you.

To use, simply place this file in the top level web directory. That is
usually all that is required. But some browsers prefer if you put:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">

in the header of the html pages.

_John_Hunter · March 3, 2010, 5:18pm

If you want to work on this a bit more, I suggest

* make the circle boundary of the polar plot fill the entire square
of the icon (no dead white space)

* user fewer and larger shaded areas, with strong colors. At the
size the icon is rendered at in the browser, the features are very
indistinct

JDH

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On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:16 AM, John Hunter <jdh2358@...149...> wrote:

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Ben Axelrod <BAxelrod@...817...> wrote:

I am a big fan of favicons. I think MPL should definitely have one for the
impending 1.0 release. So I made one for you.

To use, simply place this file in the top level web directory. That is
usually all that is required. But some browsers prefer if you put:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">

in the header of the html pages.

Cool -- we're live

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/

(may need to refresh)

Ben_Axelrod1 · March 3, 2010, 5:50pm

Cool. Looks good.

I did tweak the image a bit to make the colors stand out better. But only slightly. Because when I made the shapes too big, the image lost it's MPL "feel". Here is the source image I used to create the icon. Feel free to give it a go. There are a number of programs that can turn the image into an icon. I like ""Any to Icon". And to preview the icon, you can simply open the file in a web browser.