[PATCH] desktop icon appearance

[Craig Duquette]

On Monday 21 January 2008 19:59:07 Christopher Blauvelt wrote:
> Well, since I made the commit let me present why I made the 
changes.  I had
> been working with David Vignoni to make icons on the desktop 
prettier
> since, they were rather ugly still.  First, we fixed the grid size to
> something a little more appealing.  The major reason we decided 
to get rid
> of
> backgrounds in IconApplet was that they were always a different 
size. 
> While it makes it slightly more difficult to read the text on light
> backgrounds I really think that it reduces clutter on the desktop.  
This
> was also David's thought as well.  To be honest this is the first that 
I've
> heard of people liking the background as everyone I've showed it to
> remarked how much better it looks.  Are there any other reason 
than, "it's
> hard to see the text on light backgrounds"?
> Chris

I liked the icon changes you made. I thought it was an improvement 
over having a background.

I think the desktop icons should mimic the functionality of Dolphin (no 
background by default, but on hover the background is created). 
Either that or dolphin needs to have backgrounds on their icons by 
default. Cmon we need a unified look and feel throughout the 
desktop :).

Is there ever going to be support for selecting multiple icons on the 
desktop? If so how do you guys plan to differentiate selected icons 
from non-selected icons? Many users associate a background with an 
icon being selected..

~Craig