T10243: Some KDE applications could use better icons

Filip Fila noreply at phabricator.kde.org
Wed Sep 18 19:59:52 BST 2019


filipf added a comment.


  In T10243#201303 <https://phabricator.kde.org/T10243#201303>, @ngraham wrote:
  
  > Yeah, an app's icon is a part of its branding. It //should// look distinctive, not generic. Ideally it communicates both its purpose ("I'm a text editor!") as well as its identity ("I'm Kate!"). I think the problem with some of these icons is that they only do the former, not the latter. I don't think there is a conflict here, though!
  
  
  This seems like the crux of the issue to me, I don't think it's that much about the flat vs. skeuo debate.
  
  Some icons listed here are distinguishable, still do a decent job in terms of branding, and would maybe only benefit from a little tweaking (e.g. Gwenview). But others such as the Okular, Konsole, Kate, KWrite, Yakuake, and the previous version of the Kolf icon look somewhat generic to me.

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