[ubuntu-art] Please change "Delete" icon
Chuck Huber
chuck at lagunadata.com
Sat Oct 7 18:30:19 BST 2006
On Sat, 2006-10-07 at 17:19 +0200, Nacho de los Rios wrote:
> The icon for the delete action seems to be a picture of a schredder, but
>
> a) It is not a very good picture, with too little contrast and detail to
> convey what it is, and much less what it means.
>
> b) I'm sure that the image of a shredder is NOT AT ALL what comes to the
> mind of 99.99% of the world's population when it comes to disposing of
> things so
>
<snip>
>
> Why not a simple trashcan? Almost everybody must know how a trashcan
> looks like and what is its purpose.
>
Plus, the delete button doesn't really shred anything. It simply moves
the mail into the Trash folder. Hard to beat a trash can for that.
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Chuck Huber <chuck at lagunadata.com>
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