[ubuntu-art] .doc, .xls, etc icons in Humanity Update

[François Degrave]

On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 17:04 +0100, François Degrave wrote:
>> On Wednesday 17 February 2010 07:38:23 am Merk wrote:
>>     
>>>> I'm not asking why the OS X was directly copied instead of either Windows
>>>> one.  I'm asking why any existing Word icon was copied at all.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> It is a mimetype and as such needs to visually represent a certain type of 
>>> file. It goes without saying that when everyone associates a certain 
>>> look/letter/number with something they don't search for other visual 
>>> metaphors. People expect certain things to look certain ways ;)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken
>>>       
>> Ok but it feels uncomfortable 
>>     
>
> Thats really awesome. :)
>
> Then using those files types should be reduced rather than complaining
> about the icon ;)
>   
Those filetypes are supported by OOo. No need to associate them to icons 
referencing to Ms applications not supported under Linux. As far as I 
know, there is no reference to Adobe in the pdf files icons.