Re: [Evolution] Ximian vs. GNOME icons

[Ben FrantzDale <bfrantzdale hmc edu>]

On 03 Aug 2001 12:32:18 -0700, Eric Lambart wrote:
> This is only my personal opinion (I really don't want to start a
> flamewar!), but I think that's a good thing.  Gnome toolbar icons are
> big and chunky.  Throughout ximian's efforts I have noticed much more
> professional graphical design skills.  I really like it.

It looks like I may be of the minority oppinion but I find the new icons
to be big and chunky when compared to Tigert's stock icons
(http://tigert.gimp.org/gnome/gnome-stock/). Particularly thgs like the
Compose button and the various arrows.

> Allowing them to be customized by the user like in Opera would be cool,
> but I'm not sure I would want my theme to go mucking around with my
> toolbar icons.

I havn't used Opera, but the way Galeon and Nautilus handle it seems
pretty nice to me.

--Ben

> On 03 Aug 2001 11:18:12 -0700, Ben FrantzDale wrote:
> > As Evolution progresses I'm finding that the icons are drifting away
> > from the stock GNOME icons. Furthermore the new icons seem to be
> > adopting a different style.
> >
> > I recall that there may be plans to let themes define buttonbar icons.
> > (Does anyone know the status of that idea?) Untill that happens, though,
> > It seems that the Ximian icons, and thus Evolution is inconsistant with
> > the rest of the GNOME desktop.
> >
> > Can anyone comment on this?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >    Ben FrantzDale