[Bug 458929] Re: Indicator applet has no menu icons
How could anyone defend such an illogical and poor choice? Especially from people who code (who are supposed to be logical). Throughout my life, I've developed a wide variety of applications on many different platforms. So I'm speaking from a lot of experience (though have been out of the coding game for a few years now). I've noticed that when people comment on Ubuntu and point out bugs and/or inconsistencies, frequently (but not always), the reaction is defensive and sometimes hostile rather than what it should be. Too much ego and not enough common sense and humility. That's the kind of thing I'd expect from Microsoft - not "the community" of open software developers/designers in the linux world. Yes, they're "just icons", and it's not critical. But either icons are useful or they are not. If we agree that they are useful, then they surely belong on such a frequently used menu. To argue otherwise is illogical. Icons are good on EVERY single other menu EXCEPT this one? heheh. C'mon, that makes no sense. Also, people coming from the Windows world are used to seeing icons for shutdown, restart, etc. "We're choosing to use our icons in a much more reserved way". lol. Face it - it was a bad decision and should be changed asap. Linux is about choice. Give users the CHOICE to display them or not. -- Indicator applet has no menu icons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 458929] Re: Indicator applet has no menu icons
This severely slows down the use of this menu. Since the default is now to not show any icons, adding some to the indicator applet would not change the existing UI for users with default settings, but would improve the situation for people who *want* icons in menus. -- Indicator applet has no menu icons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 458929] Re: Indicator applet has no menu icons
I can't believe that this is such a big deal to get a few icons for consistency, this menu is ugly and has been ugly for the last year since it started invading my UI. The menu doesn't match up with the rest of the UI, and I would rather look at the old "Applications, Places, and System" menu with the shutdown options in it. Atleast with the old gnome shutdown metaphor, all my crucial UI items would be on the left side of the screen with the new "max, min, and close" window icons. -- Indicator applet has no menu icons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 458929] Re: Indicator applet has no menu icons
I second the request for icons (preferably coloured ones, not monochrome) to make it easier to use for those whose sight is not the best. I think this is an accessibility bug. -- Indicator applet has no menu icons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 458929] Re: Indicator applet has no menu icons
The old way was jaunty without the applet or any previous release since ubuntu existed (System menu has icons up to jaunty). Jaunty is exactly affected by this in its default settings, and it looks awful. All gnome programs have icons in menus. Through gconf one can choose to see them or not (this is already implemented and used). So if this was fixed you still won't see icons, but I and many of my friends would. Everybody wins. This applet is the only place were the icons are missing at all. The needed icons are there, ready and installed, so it's a matter of ~10 lines of code to set them when building the menuitems. You've got to respect users' choices and don't break their habits. Please reconsider fixing this bug and adhering to the common behaviour of other gnome programs. If you look around there are no programs with ten or so items in a menu and not even a single icon. I might even send a patch if you are a little more responsive. -- Indicator applet has no menu icons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 458929] Re: Indicator applet has no menu icons
There were no icons in Jaunty either. So the old way was to not have icons. We're choosing to use our icons in a much more reserved way, and have chosen not to have them on those items. Thank you for your comment! ** Package changed: indicator-applet (Ubuntu) => indicator-session (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- Indicator applet has no menu icons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
