Zoom done Right

Right Zoom

Right Zoom is a free Mac utility from BlazingTools Software that changes the behavior of Mac OS X green traffic light zoom button to always expand windows to full screen (maximize) instead of resizing to best fit. The zoom button behaves differently depending on the application: Finder and Safari sizes to best fit, iTunes zoom switches between the mini player and the normal window, Mail goes full screen. The behavior differs from one app to another and makes this behavior inconsistent and unpredictable to use. For switchers from PC to Mac think this is really annoying. There’s one small thing the icon is U G L Y so I have offered a new free icon to BlazingTools Software. If they accept you’ll see it in the new version if they don’t you’ll be able to download it here.
BlazingTools Software has accepted my offer, thanks Alex for the fast release cycle.


OnyX SL

OnyX

I’ve updated my icon for OnyX 2.1 the handy utility from Joel Barriere. I’ll wait for Joel to add this icon to his 2.1b2 release in the mean time you’ll be able to download it from here.


Firefox (Shiretoko)

Icons Firefox 3.5 logo

The release candidate 2 of Firefox 3.5 is available and contains a more detailed icon finally (about freaking time). The new version supports the OMG hi-res 512×512 icon size. digitalrendezvous has already some support for Firefox 3.5 like drop- and text shadows.


Panic this folder

Panic Folder

I usually keep my software from the creator nicely grouped together, as so with the software from the boys of Portland. I had to create a folder for their software. And in good spirit you can download the folder for free! The badge displayed on the picture (not from Panic) is not part of it! It’s just to show that it isn’t endorsed in any kind of way or created by Panic, Inc. But if you’re from Panic (or not) and like it, just download the FREE folder icon here (zip 618KB).


MobileMe iDisk Redone

MobileMe iDisk redone

Do you also dislike the girly MobileMe iDisk icons? Pinkish is not cool Apple! Blue is the color of MobileMe and Apple so why the girly icons? I had to do something about this, so I sat down en redone the iDisk icons. My desktop is now a lot better, check out the difference (on the left side the previous version on the right side my version):

MobileMe iDisk redone

I also have made them publicly available, you can download the FREE icons here (zip 575KB).


Lost & Found

Finder Sidebar Games folder

In Apple’s media hub strategy, games are always the underdog. Maybe this will change with the iPhone 3G, who knows?
I’ve created a games folder and a Finder sidebar icon based on iTunes iPod Games sidebar item. Only the iTunes icon didn’t provide a 512px version so I had to create it from scratch. Also there isn’t a Games folder resource icon for the user folder, so I had t create that one also. I’m happy with the result check it out:

Finder Sidebar Games folder

Icon Design Guidelines

User Home Icon

In the Leopard Developer Tools from Apple, there is a new version of Icon Composer but you could also use IconBuilder from the Iconfactory. Apple released their Resolution Independence Guidelines for icon developers. So it’s time to pimp those icons and use make those vectors hurt and those pixels scream. ;)


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