Showstopper: kcontrol and konsole icons still broken

[Ralf Nolden]

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On Sonntag, 17. November 2002 14:08, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> On Sunday 17 November 2002 13:31, Andy Fawcett wrote:
> > On Sunday 17 November 2002 14:24, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I know, it's weekend and all that, but this is important.
> > >
> > > I think the current icons for konsole and kcontrol are a kind of
> > > showstopper for the 3.1 release. The reasoning behind this has been
> > > layed out here already, not only by me, Michael Brade and Alexander
> > > Neundorf also voiced their concern.
> >
> > I'm sorry, but I don't believe 'unclear' icons constitute a 'showstopper'
> > in any release. Missing icons would, of course.
>
> I don't want to become neilish on this topic, but I must make one thing
> clear: Icons are not only nice thingies to click on, visual consistency is
> as important for a desktop as functional consistency, and not only from an
> artistic point of view. As a rule of thumb, you never change the meaning of
> an established symbol to something totally unrelated. I wouldn't like
> finding myself in a conference room instead of a toilet cabinet because
> someone messed with the signs at the door, especially if I'm under pressure
> :)
>
> > My personal feeling is that the current icons are okay. Not brilliant,
> > but okay. They're certainly not something to postpone a release over.
>
> They're misleading. You under-estimate the fact that humans are mainly
> habit-driven.

I agree 100%. I hope we can motivate tackat to the extend where those things 
are fixed ASAP.

Ralf
>
> regards,
> 	matze

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