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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Will the icons be updated for KDE 3?
From:       Karol Szwed <gallium () physos ! info>
Date:       2001-12-04 2:03:13
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On Tuesday 04 December 2001 07:37, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> On Monday 03 December 2001 21:34, Vadim Plessky wrote:
> > On Sunday 02 December 2001 21:27, Chris January wrote:
> > |   A friend of mine, used to Linux, Gnome and Enlightenment, was using
> > | my desktop the other day. They were trying to launch a web browser and
> > | they were going through each of the icons in turn. After examining each
> > | one, she chose Konqeuror's icon (obviously something right there). But
> > | she made a comment to the effect, "what's the big orange E for?". So -
> > | to get to my
> >
> > What's the problem with "big orange E"?
> > I like it.
> > Would you prefer to have it *smaller*, or in other color (Blue, Lime,
> > etc.)?
>
> Most of all it is really ugly. I was really proud of the (default)
> beautyfull KDE when I installed it at my university, but once I had
> compiled kdenetworks. I really hated the kmail icon as an eyesore,
> allthough it had never bothered my on my home machine. (it had always just
> been there)

Theres a more funamental problem with any icons using letters - they make 
little sense in other languages. What does 'E' mean in languages other than 
English? Probably very little.

Regards,
Karol

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