D23685: Make user-trash icons look like trashcans

[Noah Davis]

ndavis added a comment.


  In D23685#525072 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D23685#525072>, @ngraham wrote:
  
  > In D23685#524935 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D23685#524935>, @ndavis wrote:
  >
  > > > Before, the red folder background made it instantly recognizable that the trash was full--even if this wasn't really an appropriate visual metaphor. I wonder if we could play with other effects to make the full state look more obvious at a glance. Ideas:
  > > > 
  > > > - Tint the can red
  > > > - Add more stuff overflowing from the top, and maybe add some litter on the ground to
  > > > - Color the overflowing stuff red
  > > > - Move the lid that's on the ground so that we're looking at it head-on rather than from the side
  > > > - Make the trashcan itself get fat like the classic mac OS 6 trashcan: F7310775: Screenshot_20190902_185108.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F7310775>
  > >
  > > I don't want to make the trash can get fat because I think that's ugly, unrealistic and harder to do.
  >
  >
  > All right, let's scratch that. Maybe put a black trashbag on the ground on front of it? And add banana peels and buzzing flies! Make it really obvious that someone needs to take out the trash. :)
  >
  > > I just realized that the full icon is used when the trash has anything in it and not when it's full. Is this intentional?
  >
  > Yeah. The full state is used when there's anything at all in the trash, not when it's actually full.
  
  
  Hm, if that's intended behavior, then I don't think it should be really obvious that the trash needs to be taken out, otherwise it'll just be a constant annoyance. Or worse, it could put some users in the habit of doing [⇧] + [Delete] to bypass the trash (I used to do this until I regretted it).

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