8.10 observations & a question

[Nigel Ridley]

After installing 8.10 on my boy's box I must admit that I am beginning to like it and am seeing 
some improvements day by day with the updates.

However there is one annoying thing (which I'm sure they must fix soon):
Adding, say Firefox, to the [KMenu] Favorites (and also happens when added to the desktop and 
panel) results in a plain 'gear' icon that cannot be changed.
How does one change it?

Blessings,

Nigel

P.S. I really haven't taken the time to understand all this plasma stuff etc. and what does the 
'Dashboard' actually do - or meant to do? It all seems rather complicated.
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