Re: [matplotlib-devel] favicon submission

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:16 AM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Ben Axelrod <BAx...@co...> wrote:
>> I am a big fan of favicons.  I think MPL should definitely have one for the
>> impending 1.0 release.  So I made one for you.
>>
>> To use, simply place this file in the top level web directory.  That is
>> usually all that is required.  But some browsers prefer if you put:
>>
>> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
>>
>> in the header of the html pages.
>
> Cool -- we're live
>
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
>
> (may need to refresh)

If you want to work on this a bit more, I suggest

  * make the circle boundary of the polar plot fill the entire square
of the icon (no dead white space)

  * user fewer and larger shaded areas, with strong colors.  At the
size the icon is rendered at in the browser, the features are very
indistinct

JDH