Node: Cosmetic: Start menu item installed by Node 12 uses old/outdated node icon

[mikemaccana]

Start menu item installed by Node 12 uses old/outdated node icon (last updated Aug 2015):

It should look more like this image (per current branding from Feb 2016):

[refack]

Ref to file history https://github.com/nodejs/node/commits/master/src/res/node.ico

[mikemaccana]

Any thoughts on using the green gem?

Or we can use the 'JS' hexagon instead if we prefer.

[mikemaccana]

Using the JS hexagon instead:

Both are produced from the SVG on the node website, with the other resources removed, and then converted using https://icoconvert.com/

[mikemaccana]

The last change in file history is moving from the iojs icon to the node icon in Aug 2015, prior to the current node branding existing in Feb 2016

[refack]

Any thoughts on using the green gem?

I'm +1 on the green gem. But I love that the old one is 3D. But² I'm not sure the 3D look is OpenJSF blessed.

[mikemaccana]

I've made a poll on Twitter - please vote there! https://twitter.com/mikemaccana/status/1133393051328679939

[refack]

FTR the node.ico file ~has~ packs 5 resolutions

[mikemaccana]

Thanks @refack I'll make sure they're all there. What tool are you using to inspect it?

[refack]

Surprisingly (at least to me) the best one I found already installed on my computer is MSVS. But I had success with a several googlable tools in the past, if I remember correctly png2ico was useful (maybe also ffmpeg but I'm not 100% sure)

[silverwind]

Hexagon source file is here:

https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/blob/master/static/images/logo-hexagon.svg

There's also a 32px PNG:

https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/blob/master/static/favicon.png

[Himself65]

it's the old green gem on my windows. but I like the new one

[mikemaccana]

Done. I added a 256 x 256 just in case.

[mikemaccana]

Updated the Windows icon for the fixed hexagon svg per https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/pull/2316

Process (just in case this needs to be repeated)

• change SVG canvas to 150 'pixels' square (this adds a small amount of space at the top and bottom, and squares off the image).
• Export to SVG at 256 pixels square
• Use iconvert.com, export 16, 32, 48, 64 , 128 and 256 versions
• Copy to src/res/node.ico