Icons in Place and System

[George Farris]

On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 18:24 +0100, Matthew East wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt at canonical.com> wrote:
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> > coz DS wrote on 12/10/09 17:05:
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> >> Hey all,
> >>   I am running ubuntu 9.10 right now fresh install... I noticed  no
> >> icons under System menu and a few missing from Places menu in Gnome.
> >
> > There are fewer icons in menus generally. Places and System are just two
> > examples.
> 
> Shouldn't this be an all or nothing approach? I'm not attached to the
> icons myself but it does look a bit inconsistent in these menus to
> have some items without icons and other items (or submenu items) with
> icons. It makes it look, at least to me, as if the icons are missing
> by accident. Maybe it is worth discussing with upstream whether there
> is widespread agreement on the right approach, and following that.

I have to agree.  Having icons in the main menu looks good and
professional but having them missing from the System menu makes the
system look...well, unfinished.

Cheers