A free set of replacement system folder icons, created around August 1993.
I can’t take all the credit for them; a plain manilla folder was in one of the many icon collections floating around — sorry, I can’t remember which — so I cleaned it up, modified it, and created the other variations the system uses.
Brownie points to the original artist. (E-mail me?)
Instructions (read completely before using):
NB. I take no responsibility for any consequences.
Using Resedit…
1. Copy all the contents of the “Manilla Folder Icons” file to the clipboard.
2. Paste into the System File.
3. Say “Yes” when it asks if you want to replace resources with the same ID.
4. Save Changes, Quit, then Restart.
5. You should really have made a backup of your System File before step 2.
Or, if you don’t like playing with Resedit, you can use N. Jonas Englund’s •Shareware• program IconArtist, to accomplish the same thing with a safety net and a smooth interface. He has also made a set of 3D folder icons, and a neat little wicker basket to replace the trash can.
If you use this, please do something you probably normally wouldn’t (stare at the clouds for minutes at a time, doze in a hammock swinging gently with the tide, or stand naked and unashamed in front of thousands of people) and then e-mail:
ianderso@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au (Internet).
E-mail will, most likely, bounce between late November 1993 and early February 1994 while I am on holiday, but you can try anyway…
Live life, people.
They’re only icons. :-)
Thanks,
Iain.
••• Please mail with queries/comments/praise/exotic stories/interface design job offers/short stories/review gear of all sorts/recipes for iced mocha and other tasty dessert treats/abstract photographs/other things I can add to this ever-changing list of requests
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Also Available:
Iain’s Textures Volume I “Derivatives”
Iain’s Textures Volume II “Home-Made” (and more to follow in 1994)
Quote Me (a pitiful little program that forces curly quotes in TEXT files — if I get round to posting it)
