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

[Andrew Lake]

I suggest just using the same icon as used on the "Terminate Application
[foobar]" button. Terminating the application is the primary function of
that dialog and I struggle to identify the information value of using a
different visual metaphor for the window icon.

Hope that helps!
Andrew


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin at kde.org> wrote:

> 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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