[Breeze] [Bug 384357] Breeze theme Task Manager icon for Virtualbox is ugly, nondescript, doesn't match what's shown in the Task Switcher, and departs entirely from the real VirtualBox icon's general appearance

[Francis Herne]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=384357

Francis Herne <mail at flherne.uk> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Francis Herne <mail at flherne.uk> ---
See also https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354370 (fixed now).

Someone looking for an application (or a window of it, etc.) is very likely to
know what its upstream icon looks like.

They won't be scanning for abstract concepts that might represent the
application*, they'll be scanning for their known image of the app's icon.

It's fine to change the shading/perspective and palette to suit Breeze's
appearance, but if the main elements and colours don't match it becomes
impossible to recognise as the same icon.

Even if you assume people use only Breeze and never switch between icon themes
(e.g. home/work computers), the upstream icon is used on websites, in
package-manager metadata and so on. Having to recognise a completely different
icon for the same purpose depending on the context is a problem.


*Aside, I don't find the current icon to be representative. After all, the
whole point of a VM is that you /don't/ need multiple machines. Also, 'server
racks' are used in several other Breeze icons to represent network-shares and
other remote devices.

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