From kde-usability Sun Nov 16 22:11:31 2003 From: Roland Seuhs Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:11:31 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: Include alphanumerical icons X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=106902088303034 Am Sonntag, 16. November 2003 20:45 schrieb Sander Devrieze: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Op zondag 16 november 2003 19:41, schreef Roland Seuhs: > > Hi, > > > > I think it would be very useful to have alphanumerical icons - icons that > > just show a letter or a digit - available as a category in the default > > installation. > > I thaught it was described in some KDE guideline that this is a bad thing > because it will look bad when people use another font for the interface > than in the icons and they also can't change the font. I fully agree with > this but maybe (I don't know if this is possible) font changing is possible > with SVG-icons: so in this case it could be useful but otherwise it's a not > done. Since the icons don't show up in the default installation and are only for programs the user adds himself, I don't see how they can possibly harm anyone. If any user is offended by different fonts he can just not use them or replace them, but even the availability of standardized icon names and places would greatly improve the usability of KDE. (ie if you bind an app to the "A"-icon and then move the settings to another KDE-machine, the correct icon shows up and not the "unknown" icon.) It would greatly reduce the hassles when upgrading or reinstalling distributions. I lose icons all the time that version xy included or I added myself but version yz doesn't. These icons don't have to be beautiful, they don't have to be in SVG and they don't have to support different fonts. People who want beautiful ions don't have to use them and won't use them anyway. These icons are for people who just want the job done (= assign any icon that is distinguishable and available in future versions) without hassles. Roland -- Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@mail.kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability