[RFC] Which icon to use for kwin's killer helper

Aleix Pol aleixpol at kde.org
Tue May 27 14:21:11 UTC 2014


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin at kde.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently considering whether we should change the window icon used in
> KWin's killer helper (the dialog which gets shown when trying to close a
> hung
> window).
>
> Attached are three variants.
> 1. killer-current.png: that's the current state using the kwin icon. This
> icon
> is nowhere else used
> 2. killer-edit-bomb.png: this uses the same icon as on the button which
> will
> kill the window
> 3. killer-window-icon.png: this tries to get the icon from the hung window
> and
> uses it
>
> Variant 3 would create a stronger connection between the hung window and
> the
> killer. But it might also look like it's coming from the window and not
> from
> the system.
>
> So what do you all think and recommend.
>
> Cheers
> Martin
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Do we really need an icon there?

Aleix
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