Re: Icons

de Ben Alias 04/16/2006 01:46

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:19:59 -0700, John Corliss
<jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote:

>Gimpy wrote:
>> John Corliss wrote:
>>> Gimpy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Seems like I have seen somewhere a program to change IE Icons, especially
>>>> the color of file folders. Any Ideas TIA Gimpy Im using IE/6 windows
>>>> xp if it makes any difference..
>>>
>>> Gimpy, do you mean Internet Explorer or are you talking about Windows
>>> Explorer? If IE, what icons are you referring to?
>>
>> John I'm talking about IE & things like changing the color of
>> folders etc. if that makes any sence? Gimpy
>
>Well, kinda, but kinda not. The only time I see folders is when I'm
>looking at my files in Windows Explorer. There are freeware file
>managers, but the one that comes with Windows (Windows Explorer) works
>for me. I'm not sure how to browse your hard drive using IE.

<snip, snip>

Well, this isn't exactly correct. First off, if you are running IE
and have, say, three websites listed in your Favorites list that are
related, and you decide to group them together, then IE invites you to
"Manage Bookmarks" by clicking on "Create Folder" and then you would
place these three related bookmarks in a "Folder" and the graphic
representation of that Folder in IE's favorites just happens to look
exactly like the graphic representation (icon) for a Folder in WE.
(This is not a coincidence, IMHO)

Second, you *can* browse your hard drive using IE. If you open IE,
and then click on View | Explorer Bar | Folders, you will get a panel
on the left 1/4th of the screen that looks exactly like the panel
within WE. It starts with "Desktop," underneath which is "My
Documents," "My Computer, " etc. If you click on "My Computer," you
will get a list of the drives on your computer. Click on the drive,
you will get a list of the folders on that drive; click on a folder,
you will get a list of the files within that folder, etc. Just like
in Windows Explorer. Click on any of these folders or files and the
right pane will show them just like the right pane in WE. It's not
clear why the home user would *want* to use IE to perform the
functions of WE, but the home user *can*. It is fairly clear why Bill
Gates wanted the home user to be able to do this. And that is--had he
not been sued for antitrust by Netscape and other browser creators and
the Justice Department--that the next generation of Windows would have
come out with IE but without WE, and you would have been forced to use
IE to perform WE functions. This would all be under the banner of
"improving" the OS by "integrating" the web browser into the OS, just
coincidentally driving all the other web browsers and Windows-Exporer
competitors out of business.

C'ya,

Ben