This is correct. The compass needle is just a polarized magnet that is floating in solution. One side (usually the red side) points North, and the other side (usually white) points South.

If a person was holding that icon they would be facing Northwest (assuming "front" is at the top of the icon).

I didn't even consider how compasses actually work when thinking about that logo/icon. I just saw it and it looked wrong. :)

Seems a bit counterintuitive for a logo, but I'm obviously the one that's wrong, here. Sorry!

I designed the node-webkit icon some time ago. However, it would be a good idea to revise it, maybe create a flat version, which it started out to be. The icon is in fact a combination of the webkit icon (a.k.a pre-yosemite safari app icon) and node.js shape with the colors of intel. On my dribbble you can see the evolution of the icon: https://dribbble.com/Jeroen_Ransijn.

Sadly, I my harddrive crashes completely a while back and all files on my side have been lost. However, Roger Wang still has a PSD, and I e-mailed him if he could send it to me again. He said he still had it and would e-mail it back, but he probably forgot. I'll contact him again. So I can at least properly export the icon, and make it available as a download.

Any suggestions or feedback is always appreciated!

So what we're saying is, if you find yourself wanting to use NW.js... maybe you should think about what you're doing, turn a little bit to the right, and stop trying to develop systems out of slinkies?

I think this is a really clever combination.