I'm sorry, I am short of sleep at the moment and sent this without a subject.
=== Reposted message=================================================== Hello, I originally posted this as a wishlist item on Launchpad, but was advised to send it to the appropriate mailing list (so I hope that this is it :) ). Something which slightly annoys me in Ubuntu (and more generally in KDE and Gnome) is the overuse of icons in menus. Most (if not all) GUI style guidelines recommend only using icons in menus where they are instantly recognisable to the user, so that they can identify the menu entry from the icon faster than they would be able to read the menu text. See for instance http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGMenus/chapter_17_section_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000356-TPXREF116. In other situations, the icon slows the user down, as they will automatically look at the icon before they read the text. If you look at for example the "K" menu in Kubuntu, you will see that every menu entry, including every application listed, has an icon next to it, which to my mind makes it look somewhat unprofessional. Does anyone else have thoughts on this? I realise of course that in many cases this is something that can only be fixed upstream, but I wanted to start a discussion somewhere :) Regards, Michael BTW, please excuse the messy hotmail formatting - this is my "disposable" address for posting to mailing lists and things where it will be publically visible. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
