Can mod_autoindex be updated to use the Tango (http://tango.freedesktop.org) icon set by default? Here are a couple of examples of Tango-ized autoindexes: http://cmyk.wooptoo.com/misc/ http://code.ecchi.ca/apache-tango-icons/
My guess is that this won't be possible because of the license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ which would require a change in the license of the entire server.
It looks like Tango might be going public domain, at least partially: http://klepas.org/2008/07/14/tango-public-domain/ Even if this doesn't happen, would it make sense to name the current Apache icon set according to the Tango guidelines? Switching to a different icon set would then be a one-line configuration change, e.g. Alias /icons/ /path/to/Tango/conformant/icons/
For whatever it's worth, the new URL for the referenced article is http://klepas.org/tango-public-domain/ See also http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library I'm definitely in favor of having more attractive icons in the default autoindex icons dir. We would, however, need someone to confirm that the license on these is ok, and then we'd need someone to match up Tango icons with the ones we already provide.
The archived page of tango website explains the icons are under public domain: 'The Tango base icon theme is released to the Public Domain. [...] Though the tango-icon-theme package is released to the Public Domain, we ask that you still please attribute the Tango Desktop Project' in 'Term of use' section from https://web.archive.org/web/20160105113523/http://tango.freedesktop.org/ I think it's enough for the first requirement ('confirm that the license on these is ok'). Do you agree ?
Another set of usable icons is Material icons from Google. They are released under Apache license version 2.0. So it avoids licence incompatibilties. The icons are in several mode: 'outlined' and 'filled' could fit the current white and black icons. demo: https://material.io/resources/icons/ source: https://github.com/google/material-design-icons We could use: - https://material.io/resources/icons/?icon=folder&style=outline - https://material.io/resources/icons/?icon=photo&style=outline - https://material.io/resources/icons/?icon=music_note&style=baseline - etc. There are lacking icons (like binary, TeX, C, 'P' files). However, I think it's possible to create them from the existing material icons. Are you interested if I try something?
You can see a draft with Material Icons at https://github.com/apache/httpd/pull/109