[...] > > > > In reality it doesn't matter what we think, or what the GNOME design team > > thinks, such stuff is extremely subjective and personal and the only apps > > that need to care about GNOME design manifesto are GNOME applications > > themselves. > > It not right, you not adds things without any reason. > In the toolbar there isn't place to text, so use icons with a tooltip > instead. >
There is no reason that you can't have bigger toolbar buttons to fit text as well. A new user shouldn't have to search tooltips to find what they want. > In button in dialog have a place to text, so not need a icon and a tooltip. > Consistent icons across the UI including dialogs and menus allow choice by glance without reading the text. Tooltips should *explain* the action of the item, if it just repeats the text, ... patches are welcome :-) > Syntax Highlighting colours is for **highlighting** the code, and the icons > in the symbols tree is for distinguish between kinds of symbols (yes, is > not > matter what is the icons in the symbols tree, it just need to be > different), > etc - for each thing in the UI have any reason! > And there are reasons for things outside your use-cases. > > > > > P.S. As you can tell this subject is extremely controversial outside of > > GNOME-land (or at least inside of Geany-land), please don't mistake rants > > for anything personal against your own valid opinions :) > > Before GNOME 3.10 I was used the icons in the buttons and in the menus, > but I see is realy ugly and not useful. > As Matthew said, UI design is often a personal choice based on the users particular needs. You may see things as ugly, and not useful in your use-case, but another may see it as essential. Merely repeating your personal preference as fact does not make it so. Cheers Lex > > > > > Cheers, > > Matthew Brush > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.geany.org > > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.geany.org > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel >
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