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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Icons, NIH, and usability
From:       "Diego Moya" <turingt () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-11-13 10:40:02
Message-ID: 11ee04940811130240p285dc845uff14f63056f943fe () mail ! gmail ! com
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2008/11/12 James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org>:
> Diego Moya wrote:
>> If you just want to distinguish the file format in images handled by
>> the same application, you still can look at the extension field.
>>
> That tends to negate the purpose of having icons.
>

Yes, but that's only relevant to the professional image editor, who
cares about image formats and uses several tools to edit the same
image. That's why I suggested having a different icon set for this
user profile. Icons should be task-oriented, and the tasks for a
"home" user are very different from those of a professional.
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