# I made a little SD icon. I don't know. I think it looks good. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 15, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984 "2003-06-15T07:41:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/1 "2003-06-15T07:41:10Z")
[Previous discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=141743). I don’t know if this idea was ever shot down for all time, but if not, here’s a suggestion. [SD Icon](http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~cpilman/Stuff/SDIcon.gif) - it’s 197 bytes. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/2 "2003-06-15T09:46:41Z")
Looks cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/3 "2003-06-15T10:10:01Z")
Not bad. Is the SDMB thinking of implementing an icon? ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/4 "2003-06-15T19:17:11Z")
I like it, **Achernar** –it’s simple, and ties right in with the SD logo, so it’s immediately recognizable. Looks good. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/5 "2003-06-15T20:07:56Z")
Cute. What do you propose we use it for? your humble TubaDiva Administrator Just asking. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/6 "2003-06-15T21:51:35Z")
Make it the bookmark icon. It shows up in some browsers in the address bar, and in some browsers in the list of bookmarks. Here are some examples: [Google](http://www.google.com/favicon.ico) [Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com/favicon.ico) [Netscape](http://wp.netscape.com/favicon.ico) [AltaVista](http://www.altavista.com/favicon.ico) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/7 "2003-06-16T06:02:07Z")
Hmm. A nice possibility. Lemme see what we can do. Oh, and thanks. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/8 "2003-06-16T10:46:40Z")
Okay, well whatever you decide. I think it needs to be in [ICO format](http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~cpilman/Stuff/favicon.ico) (318 bytes). ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/9 "2003-06-16T13:59:22Z")
With the ICO format I only see a blue square (IE 6.0). ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/10 "2003-06-16T14:34:26Z")
You know, it’s weird, I do too, but when I download it again and pull it up from a local, downloaded copy, it looks right. So, it’s hard for me to tell if something’s wrong with the file or not. The same deal with the [Treasure Troves icon](http://www.treasure-troves.com/favicon.ico). I used IrfanView to convert it from GIF to ICO, but maybe somebody has something better? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/11 "2003-06-17T23:00:05Z")
It’s back How to do it? Create an icon, 16x16 pixels and 16 colors max. Frankly, I think everyone who wants to should be able to submit one & there should be a vote. The one you made Achernar, does look like the one I would have made, however, you forgot a ‘T’… I think therefore, that ‘TSD’ looks better than ‘SD’, which could be: sea-damaged, sine die, South Dakota, special delivery, stage direction, standard deviation… ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/12 "2003-06-17T23:33:49Z")
As opposed to Tactical Support Division, Tang Soo Do, Technical System Design, Texas School for the Deaf, Tentative Ship Date… I think that having people make icons would be great, if it actually happened. I would probably vote for someone else’s too. I just threw mine together. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/13 "2003-06-17T23:36:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*It’s back > > How to do it? Create an icon, 16x16 pixels and 16 colors max. > > Frankly, I think everyone who wants to should be able to submit one & there should be a vote. > > The one you made Achernar, does look like the one I would have made, however, you forgot a ‘T’… I think therefore, that ‘TSD’ looks better than ‘SD’, which could be: sea-damaged, sine die, South Dakota, special delivery, stage direction, standard deviation… \*\* Or silly digression, sad distraction, sorry decision… ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/14 "2003-06-18T15:49:11Z")
Achernar, I looked them both up, SD & TSD, in my Webster’s dictionary & ‘std’ didn’t have any listings, but ‘SD’ did. ``` BTW, I'm changing my technical info now to include that you can use a 32x32 pix icon. I just tried it & it works fine with netscape 7. ``` Most graphic programs let you save in ICO format. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/15 "2003-06-18T20:21:32Z")
> [@](#): > > ‘std’ didn’t have any listings, Naw, not gonna say anything. That one’s just too easy. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984/16 "2003-06-18T22:59:11Z")
Well, alright, it was early in the day “TSD” 🙂 There, are you happy now Chronos ? 🙂