README
Public Domain Icons
These icons were originally made for Mosaic for X and have been
included in the NCSA httpd and Apache server distributions in the
past. They are in the public domain and may be freely included in any
application. The originals were done by Kevin Hughes (kevinh@kevcom.com).
Andy Polyakov tuned the icon colors and added a few new images.
If you'd like to contribute additions to this set, contact the httpd
documentation project .
Almost all of these icons are 20x22 pixels in size. There are
alternative icons in the "small" directory that are 16x16 in size,
provided by Mike Brown (mike@hyperreal.org).
Suggested Uses
The following are a few suggestions, to serve as a starting point for ideas.
Please feel free to tweak and rename the icons as you like.
a.gif
This might be used to represent PostScript or text layout
languages.
alert.black.gif, alert.red.gif
These can be used to highlight any important items, such as a
README file in a directory.
back.gif, forward.gif
These can be used as links to go to previous and next areas.
ball.gray.gif, ball.red.gif
These might be used as bullets.
binary.gif
This can be used to represent binary files.
binhex.gif
This can represent BinHex-encoded data.
blank.gif
This can be used as a placeholder or a spacing element.
bomb.gif
This can be used to represent core files.
box1.gif, box2.gif
These icons can be used to represent generic 3D applications and
related files.
broken.gif
This can represent corrupted data.
burst.gif
This can call attention to new and important items.
c.gif
This might represent C source code.
comp.blue.gif, comp.gray.gif
These little computer icons can stand for telnet or FTP
sessions.
compressed.gif
This may represent compressed data.
continued.gif
This can be a link to a continued listing of a directory.
down.gif, up.gif, left.gif, right.gif
These can be used to scroll up, down, left and right in a
listing or may be used to denote items in an outline.
dir.gif
Identical to folder.gif below.
diskimg.gif
This can represent floppy disk storage.
dvi.gif
This can represent DVI files.
f.gif
This might represent FORTRAN or Forth source code.
folder.gif, folder.open.gif, folder.sec.gif
The folder can represent directories. There is also a version
that can represent secure directories or directories that cannot
be viewed.
generic.gif, generic.sec.gif, generic.red.gif
These can represent generic files, secure files, and important
files, respectively.
hand.right.gif, hand.up.gif
These can point out important items (pun intended).
image1.gif, image2.gif, image3.gif
These can represent image formats of various types.
index.gif
This might represent a WAIS index or search facility.
layout.gif
This might represent files and formats that contain graphics as
well as text layout, such as HTML and PDF files.
link.gif
This might represent files that are symbolic links.
movie.gif
This can represent various movie formats.
p.gif
This may stand for Perl or Python source code.
pie0.gif ... pie8.gif
These icons can be used in applications where a list of
documents is returned from a search. The little pie chart images
can denote how relevant the documents may be to your search
query.
patch.gif
This may stand for patches and diff files.
portal.gif
This might be a link to an online service or a 3D world.
pdf.gif, ps.gif, quill.gif
These may represent PDF and PostScript files.
screw1.gif, screw2.gif
These may represent CAD or engineering data and formats.
script.gif
This can represent any of various interpreted languages, such as
Perl, python, TCL, and shell scripts, as well as server
configuration files.
sound1.gif, sound2.gif
These can represent sound files.
sphere1.gif, sphere2.gif
These can represent 3D worlds or rendering applications and
formats.
tar.gif
This can represent TAR archive files.
tex.gif
This can represent TeX files.
text.gif
This can represent generic (plain) text files.
transfer.gif
This can represent FTP transfers or uploads/downloads.
unknown.gif
This may represent a file of an unknown type.
uu.gif, uuencoded.gif
This can stand for uuencoded data.
world1.gif, world2.gif
These can represent 3D worlds or other 3D formats.
These icons were originally made for Mosaic for X and have been
included in the NCSA httpd and Apache server distributions in the
past. They are in the public domain and may be freely included in any
application. The originals were done by Kevin Hughes (kevinh@kevcom.com).
Andy Polyakov tuned the icon colors and added a few new images.
If you'd like to contribute additions to this set, contact the httpd
documentation project .
Almost all of these icons are 20x22 pixels in size. There are
alternative icons in the "small" directory that are 16x16 in size,
provided by Mike Brown (mike@hyperreal.org).
Suggested Uses
The following are a few suggestions, to serve as a starting point for ideas.
Please feel free to tweak and rename the icons as you like.
a.gif
This might be used to represent PostScript or text layout
languages.
alert.black.gif, alert.red.gif
These can be used to highlight any important items, such as a
README file in a directory.
back.gif, forward.gif
These can be used as links to go to previous and next areas.
ball.gray.gif, ball.red.gif
These might be used as bullets.
binary.gif
This can be used to represent binary files.
binhex.gif
This can represent BinHex-encoded data.
blank.gif
This can be used as a placeholder or a spacing element.
bomb.gif
This can be used to represent core files.
box1.gif, box2.gif
These icons can be used to represent generic 3D applications and
related files.
broken.gif
This can represent corrupted data.
burst.gif
This can call attention to new and important items.
c.gif
This might represent C source code.
comp.blue.gif, comp.gray.gif
These little computer icons can stand for telnet or FTP
sessions.
compressed.gif
This may represent compressed data.
continued.gif
This can be a link to a continued listing of a directory.
down.gif, up.gif, left.gif, right.gif
These can be used to scroll up, down, left and right in a
listing or may be used to denote items in an outline.
dir.gif
Identical to folder.gif below.
diskimg.gif
This can represent floppy disk storage.
dvi.gif
This can represent DVI files.
f.gif
This might represent FORTRAN or Forth source code.
folder.gif, folder.open.gif, folder.sec.gif
The folder can represent directories. There is also a version
that can represent secure directories or directories that cannot
be viewed.
generic.gif, generic.sec.gif, generic.red.gif
These can represent generic files, secure files, and important
files, respectively.
hand.right.gif, hand.up.gif
These can point out important items (pun intended).
image1.gif, image2.gif, image3.gif
These can represent image formats of various types.
index.gif
This might represent a WAIS index or search facility.
layout.gif
This might represent files and formats that contain graphics as
well as text layout, such as HTML and PDF files.
link.gif
This might represent files that are symbolic links.
movie.gif
This can represent various movie formats.
p.gif
This may stand for Perl or Python source code.
pie0.gif ... pie8.gif
These icons can be used in applications where a list of
documents is returned from a search. The little pie chart images
can denote how relevant the documents may be to your search
query.
patch.gif
This may stand for patches and diff files.
portal.gif
This might be a link to an online service or a 3D world.
pdf.gif, ps.gif, quill.gif
These may represent PDF and PostScript files.
screw1.gif, screw2.gif
These may represent CAD or engineering data and formats.
script.gif
This can represent any of various interpreted languages, such as
Perl, python, TCL, and shell scripts, as well as server
configuration files.
sound1.gif, sound2.gif
These can represent sound files.
sphere1.gif, sphere2.gif
These can represent 3D worlds or rendering applications and
formats.
tar.gif
This can represent TAR archive files.
tex.gif
This can represent TeX files.
text.gif
This can represent generic (plain) text files.
transfer.gif
This can represent FTP transfers or uploads/downloads.
unknown.gif
This may represent a file of an unknown type.
uu.gif, uuencoded.gif
This can stand for uuencoded data.
world1.gif, world2.gif
These can represent 3D worlds or other 3D formats.