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

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Tuesday 27 May 2014 16:21:11 Aleix Pol wrote:
> 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?

yes we need an icon as otherwise the generic xorg icon gets picked. There is 
no option "no icon", every window has an icon.

Cheers
Martin
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