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Ultraedit v16.1012/8/2023 ![]() My favorite browser Opera supports also skins which are a set of PNG files packed together with a skin.ini file into a ZIP file. I have attached the readme file of the "oxy-gnome icon library for TC" so that you can read how Total Commander supports replacing entire icon sets. is the page where icon sets for Total Commander can be downloaded. File "wcmicons.dll" contains in total 522 icons organized in 87 icon sets each with 3 sizes (16x16, 24x24, 32x32) and two subsets per icon set (enabled/disabled). ) with a method as UltraEdit also offers - command by command, but alternatively allows replacing default "wcmicons.dll" by an icon library. My favorite file manager Total Commander supports also replacing the icons from other sources (*.ico, *.icl, *.dll, *.bmp. ![]() The skins can be downloaded from page By default IrfanView is already installed with 2 such skins as you can see on the attached screenshot showing you how the configuration dialog for the toolbar looks like in IrfanView. Multimedia viewer IrfanView supports also replacing the built-in default icon set of the toolbar by icons stored altogether in a PNG file with a text file containing information about the creator of such a "skin". Such a WinRAR theme file is just a RAR file containing *.bmp, *.ico and *.cur for the icons and mouse cursors with fixed file names and an additional text file with information about the creator of the theme. But I have to add that I have no WinRAR theme installed. I have attached a screenshot of the dialog for organizing themes. I know that IDM is using WinRAR which supports icon set replacement by themes which can be downloaded from Open help of WinRAR, switch to Index tab, enter "Themes" and read the referenced help for more information about themes support of WinRAR. Maybe it would be a good idea to enhance all your products to support themes or skins. It looks like many users are not happy with the icon set introduced with UE v17.00 and UES v11.00. ![]() But when IDM enhances UE/UES for supporting more icon sets, then it should be done the right way offering everyone to create an icon set best for personal feeling or requirements. I don't know how many other users have made a similar feature request respectively suggestion by email to IDM support. So the amount of work would be definitely much more than just a few minutes.Īlthough the look of the icons does not really bother me, I have sent now the following by email to IDM. Therefore the localization teams have to translate the setting name in the configuration dialog, its explanation in help and its mentioning in file changes.txt. Next a configuration setting would be needed for selecting between default and "old" icon set in a configuration dialog. Just adding the previous icon set to ueres.dll would not be enough because new commands have been introduced with new symbols and these symbols would be needed to be drawn also in previous look or the new symbols would look very strange in the previous icon collection. Just drawing a single symbol in two sizes needs often already more than 30 minutes. because a few minutes work are too much to ask for.įrom my own experience as a developer of a Windows application with lots of toolbar symbols I doubt that whatever you suggested would need only a few minutes for implementation. (I know that this is a user-to-user forum, so I will also make my complaint and suggestion by email to IDM support.)Ĭorblimey wrote. ![]() Just so this is not "just a gripe", but is intended as "constructive criticism", I would second the idea of making the previous USABLE icons available as alternates to the low-contrast new ones in the next V.17 update. It seems to be just another example of a "new and improved" product that ISN'T. And, if icons are not easily recognizable to a user, then those icons are NOT a productivity help. It is NOT merely a matter of learning some new NON-standard icons (although even stupid Microsoft Office has more understandable icons), it is that the contrast in the new designs is so low that my old ( ) eyes have trouble recognizing them easily. However, after installing V.17, I have reinstalled V.16.30. I am a long-time UltraEdit user (from before it was even called "UltraEdit").
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