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nibblerThese changes are welcome for the Icon assembler. Can't wait to see what's on the table for the uploading system for adding our own assemblers! 😊
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Icon assembler update - part 1
Published by Vlasta about 17 hours ago.
The icon assembler part of the Gallery section received some long needed updates. The work is not yet done, it is still not possible to upload your own assemblers, but there are some visual and functional changes for those, who want to use them to assemble an icon.
The main page
URL of the main page has changed and the main page of the assembler library is now available here. It is more similar to main pages of the icon and cursor libraries as it only shows 20 of the recently added assemblers and there is a Browse sub-page. Unlike the icon and cursor libraries, there is no search box as there are currently only a handful of assemblers available.
The preview of an icon assembler has a mouse hover effect, but it is only visible in Chrome and Edge, not in Firefox. It will probably start working when Firefox implements some more experimental css rules.
The example and download buttons should remain visible as you scroll the page. That way you can keep selecting parts and always see the result.
Visual changes
The look and feel of the individual assemblers is now in sync with the selected visual style. Instead of 256x256 and 48x48 pixels preview of the assembled icon, there is only a single preview slightly smaller than the old 256x256 pixels one.
Functional changes
Instead of a combo-box for file type selection and a single Download button, there are now 3 download buttons, one for each file format.
Previously, there was a box with weird characters that represented the assembled icon. That box is now gone and instead of it there is now an "Examples" section. People with enough karma can add named example to this section. Don go overboard with this feature and only add examples that are significantly different to the already existing ones. clicking on an Example activates it and you can download it.
Tags can now be added to icon assemblers just like to icon and cursor sets. Items in the "See also" section are based on tags and icon assemblers can appear on pages with cursor and icon sets and vice versa.
Icon assembler authors can now Feature an assembler just like an icon or cursor set.
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