[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[Pascal d'Hermilly]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

--- Comment #10 from Pascal d'Hermilly  ---
(In reply to Thomas Pfeiffer from comment #8)
> > It's no longer KDE, but Plasma which is part of the kde project
> 
> I'm sorry, but you just unwittingly confirmed our decision, because
> expressing this was precisely the point of the change.
Well, I was suspecting it was the reason. I just don't think it's a good idea
to rebrand the desktop.

> If the change makes you see Plasma as an independent brand which is just
> part of the KDE project (we use the term "community") then we have succeeded.
I don't think you can think of me as representative of the general brand
perception. Here you will only meet the 1%.

> As for the description problem: Why not try "The button on the lower-left
> corner of your screen?"
It doesn't look like a button.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[David Edmundson]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

David Edmundson  changed:

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 Resolution|--- |FIXED

--- Comment #9 from David Edmundson  ---
It is now the Plasma logo icon. Marking this as done.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

--- Comment #8 from Thomas Pfeiffer  ---
> It's no longer KDE, but Plasma which is part of the kde project

I'm sorry, but you just unwittingly confirmed our decision, because expressing
this was precisely the point of the change.
Plasma has been its own brand for years now, but it was difficult to establish
it as long as the KDE logo was still much more present than the Plasma logo in
the desktop itself.
If the change makes you see Plasma as an independent brand which is just part
of the KDE project (we use the term "community") then we have succeeded.

As for the description problem: Why not try "The button on the lower-left
corner of your screen?" Much easier than "The button with the K and the gear",
and if your family members have managed to move it somewhere else, chances are
they know enough to identify it as "The launcher icon" as well.
Also, most distributions replace the launcher icon with their own logo, anyway,
so it's not a good way to identify the button in the first place.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[Pascal d'Hermilly]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

Pascal d'Hermilly  changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Pascal d'Hermilly  ---
So the icon in the launcher was changed with an update in KDE Neon... 
How the heck am I over the phone going to explain to my daft family members
which button to click? 
A K was super easy. Now I have to try with the "3 different sized dots and an
arrow."
>From a user perspective the new launcher icon is bad - first because it
changed, second because its undescribable.
>From a KDE fan perspective I'm sad to see the last piece of visual identity
disappear. It's no longer KDE, but Plasma which is part of the kde project

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[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[Thomas Pfeiffer via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

--- Comment #6 from Thomas Pfeiffer  ---
Offering both makes sense (so users can choose), as long as the Plasma icon is
the default we ship.
But fine, if you want to get back to the ML, we'll write a mail there.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[Kai Uwe Broulik via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

--- Comment #5 from Kai Uwe Broulik  ---
If we were to do this we should probably have a start-here-plasma and a
start-here-kde (for those who prefer the KDE logo). And I don't think the bug
tracker is the right place to have this discussion.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[Ivan Čukić via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

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--- Comment #4 from Ivan Čukić  ---
I'm sorry to poop on the parade, but I don't really think VDG has a warrant for
a decision like this. I don't even consider this as a Plasma-only decision
despite it being a plasma-only change.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[Thomas Pfeiffer via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

--- Comment #2 from Thomas Pfeiffer  ---
Ah, right, we have never stated it explicitly on the Plasma list, but the VDG
has already internally reached consensus on this long ago.

I've asked Jens to make an official statement on the list.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 363641] Replace launcher icon with Plasma logo icon

[Kai Uwe Broulik via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363641

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--- Comment #1 from Kai Uwe Broulik  ---
Can you please link where the decision was made ftr? I don't recall reading
that in the thread.

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