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 <mgraess...@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 <mgraess...@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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Plasma-devel mailing list > > > Plasma-devel@kde.org > > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel > >
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