[ubuntu-art] Dialogs icon and tangerine

[Andreas Nilsson]

Josué Alcalde González wrote:
> El mié, 10-05-2006 a las 01:08 +0200, Andreas Nilsson escribió:
>   
>> Josué Alcalde González wrote:
>>     
>>> Last update of tangerine has included some new icons for dialog actions.
>>>
>>> The icons included in last update use this metaphor:
>>>  http://jimmac.musichall.cz/screenshots/screenshot-228701000.jpg 
>>> with a red close icon.
>>>
>>> The icons are:
>>> - cancel: a yellow rounded back arrow 
>>> - apply: a green v
>>> - yes: ?
>>> - no: ?
>>> - close: a red x
>>> - accept: a blue intro icon
>>>
>>> I have made the needed links and I have seen some problems:
>>>
>>> The close icon is red. It is used in a lot of places (tabs for gedit,
>>> epiphany and console, close button in notifications, close in lists..)
>>> I think red doesn't fit very well in those places, but the biggest
>>> problem is that it is resized and looks very bad in epiphany and
>>> console, and worst in gedit and notifications bubbles.
>>>   
>>>       
>> The problem is that the name of the icon in the icon-naming-spec is 
>> dialog-close and is intended for the action "The icon used for the Close 
>> button that might appear in dialog windows.". The use of the 
>> dialog-close icon in epiphany and gedit is therefore a bit improper. A 
>> specific icon for closing tabs would be much better in that case.
>> - Andreas
>>
>>     
>
> Yes, but will it be changed to dapper?
> Is any solution planed for it?
>
> I think it would be very bad to maintain the old gtk icons for
> apply,cancel,yes,no,etc, but it also would be bad to use the red icon
> for tabs.
>   
Hm, you're right about that.
Need to fix a short-term solution then.
Can you file a bug about it, I'll forget about it otherwise.
- Andreas