2008/2/11 Michael T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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 >
Michael, I actually find it more annoying to not have an icon. For example, in my Gutsy build w/ KDE4 running I have Konsole showing up as kde4-konsole withouth the icon in the Application Launcher. To me this is more annoying and unproffesional looking then having the icon there. But its probablly something I did that has changed my system that way. Jonathan
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