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Favicons in the retina age

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Re: Favicons in the retina age

#13

If there isnt already a website that lets you just upload a large image and then creates all the different sizes for you and provides the code to paste in for you then there needs to be. If it doesnt exist and people here are interested, i'll make it this weekend.

The only caveat is that a good large icon does not necessarily make a good small icon. Icon designers will do each size by hand to make it fit the format, getting rid of extraneous detail along the way. It would be difficult to model this actual process. But, for a quick and dirty process to get something running without paying money, a site like this would indeed be useful. There are plenty of favicon generators, but nothing for the modern age.

Re: Favicons in the retina age

#14

If there isnt already a website that lets you just upload a large image and then creates all the different sizes for you and provides the code to paste in for you then there needs to be. If it doesnt exist and people here are interested, i'll make it this weekend.

The author of the posted linked to this site which does some of the sizing conversions: http://www.xiconeditor.com/ but the tool you describe (and hopefully will create) would be much better.

Re: Favicons in the retina age

#15

If there isnt already a website that lets you just upload a large image and then creates all the different sizes for you and provides the code to paste in for you then there needs to be. If it doesnt exist and people here are interested, i'll make it this weekend.

Ok guys theres enough interest, i'll code it up this weekend so watch out for the Show HN post. :)

Re: Favicons in the retina age

#16
The section about iOS home screen icons has an error. Retina iPad icons are 144 pixels square, not 114. I wrote a blog post [1] that covers that.

Also, I'd recommend using ConvertICO [2] instead of the X-Icon Editor. It generates much smaller files (4 kb vs. 32 kb).

[1]: http://taylor.fausak.me/2012/03/27/ios-web-app-icons-and-sta... [2]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4164119

Re: Favicons in the retina age

#17
post #9

Yet another article written from a mac-only user point of view. Most desktop monitors are still around 100 dpi, far from "retina" standards.

Sorry about that – the point of the article definitely wasn't to exclude non-Retina users, it was just to document what I was encountering when I came to creating a favicon for the site.

As if "the retina age" were an actual thing. How many people have them now?

Re: Favicons in the retina age

#18

The section about iOS home screen icons has an error. Retina iPad icons are 144 pixels square, not 114. I wrote a blog post [1] that covers that. Also, I'd recommend using ConvertICO [2] instead of the X-Icon Editor. It generates much smaller files (4 kb vs. 32 kb). [1]: http://taylor.fausak.me/2012/03/27/ios-web-app-icons-and-sta... [2]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4164119

Good pick up, fixed that error now. Thanks for the link too!

Re: Favicons in the retina age

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post #17
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry about that – the point of the article definitely wasn't to exclude non-Retina users, it was just to document what I was encountering when I came to creating a favicon for the site.

As if "the retina age" were an actual thing. How many people have them now?

That was my submission, not the author's words.

Re: Favicons in the retina age

#20

If there isnt already a website that lets you just upload a large image and then creates all the different sizes for you and provides the code to paste in for you then there needs to be. If it doesnt exist and people here are interested, i'll make it this weekend.

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