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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Usability tests should not focus on icons
From:       Charles de Miramon <charles.de.miramon () libertysurf ! fr>
Date:       2001-07-26 11:52:15
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Hi,
I don't think we should worry to much about changing the icons in KDE. Icons 
are very dependant of the cultural context and the feed-back of users of one 
country is going to be very specific to this country.
I'll give an example. The (pretty) icon for the Gnome Control Center is a 
toolbox (http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~ben/icons/control-center_big.png). It looks 
like a typical toolbox you can buy in the US but in France toolboxes have 
rectangular shapes. So for an US user it is intuitive but not for a French 
one.
We should accept that icons are conventions... The newbie user will have to 
learn these conventions (like he learned the Windows conventions) but we 
should help him with good info-tips and info-bubbles.

Cheers,
Charles 
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