<s>
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
third-party	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
icon	O
handling	O
system	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
2	O
and	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
was	O
first	O
invented	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Italian	O
programmer	O
Nicola	O
Salmoria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
need	O
for	O
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
arose	O
from	O
the	O
poor	O
overall	O
quality	O
of	O
icons	O
in	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
versions	O
prior	O
to	O
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
GUI	B-Application
had	O
been	O
revolutionary	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
launched	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
,	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
quickly	O
caught	O
on	O
and	O
started	O
to	O
become	O
more	O
professional-looking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
Workbench	O
icons	O
were	O
plain	O
and	O
uninteresting	O
:	O
limited	O
to	O
four	O
colours	O
,	O
having	O
no	O
standard	O
size	O
,	O
and	O
viewed	O
from	O
a	O
straight-on	O
perspective	O
that	O
left	O
them	O
looking	O
two-dimensional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
is	O
to	O
solve	O
all	O
these	O
faults	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
a	O
standard	O
Workbench	O
icon	O
,	O
which	O
only	O
includes	O
palette	O
index	O
information	O
and	O
is	O
thus	O
at	O
the	O
mercy	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
chosen	O
Workbench	O
palette	O
,	O
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
icons	O
natively	O
hold	O
the	O
actual	O
RGB	O
colour	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
icon	O
file	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
system	O
supported	O
icons	O
sizes	O
up	O
to	O
93x93	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
with	O
up	O
to	O
256	O
colours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
also	O
establishes	O
a	O
standard	O
icon	O
size	O
of	O
36×40	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
,	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
terminal	I-General_Concept
could	O
have	O
its	O
screen	O
powered	O
up	O
,	O
a	O
pen	O
could	O
write	O
letters	O
on	O
paper	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
robot	B-Algorithm
symbolising	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
could	O
move	O
around	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
are	O
relatively	O
large	O
in	O
file	O
size	O
compared	O
to	O
conventional	O
Amiga	O
icons	O
or	O
MagicWB	B-Operating_System
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
encodes	O
the	O
icon	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
7-bit	O
encoding	O
in	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
also	O
includes	O
DefIcons	O
,	O
a	O
package	O
of	O
ready-made	O
icons	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
default	O
icon	O
image	O
for	O
all	O
files	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
associated	O
icons	O
(	O
provided	O
as	O
.info	O
files	O
in	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
approach	O
is	O
slower	O
than	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
system	O
used	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
more	O
accurate	O
;	O
a	O
PNG	O
image	O
file	O
with	O
a	O
.JPG	O
extension	O
will	O
appear	O
with	O
a	O
PNG-specific	O
icon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.5	O
introduced	O
GlowIcons	B-Operating_System
icon	O
format	O
and	O
supported	O
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
without	O
need	O
of	O
third-party	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GlowIcons	B-Operating_System
format	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
more	O
general	O
IFF	O
file	O
format	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
native	O
icon	O
format	O
used	O
in	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.5	O
,	O
3.9	O
and	O
4.0	O
by	O
Matt	O
Chaput	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
major	O
difference	O
to	O
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
is	O
how	O
image	O
data	O
is	O
stored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewIcons	B-Operating_System
uses	O
inefficient	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
encoding	O
embedded	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
Tool	O
Type	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
GlowIcons	B-Operating_System
system	O
developers	O
extended	O
internal	O
icon	O
definition	O
without	O
need	O
to	O
resort	O
to	O
storing	O
information	O
as	O
Tool	O
Types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
icon	O
size	O
is	O
46×46	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
with	O
maximum	O
256	O
(	O
8-bit	O
)	O
colours	O
and	O
two	O
image	O
states	O
(	O
example	O
:	O
open	O
and	O
closed	O
drawers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Final	O
Update	O
"	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4.0	O
supports	O
32	O
bit	O
icon	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
