Re: Menu items with icons

[John R Sheets <dusk smsi-roman com>]

Adam Chodorowski wrote:
> 
> Sometimes I don't get you guys. You give references on the GNOME
> homepage
> to the UI Hall of Shame, and then go on implementing things that are in
> that Hall of Shame. The use of a little graphic is in Hall of Shame,
> if I'm remembering correctly. So it the use of an 'Apply' button.

Hmmm, okay.  I was just answering a question, and tried to relate
the tone of the current discussion in the gui-list.  I wasn't
pushing the idea.  On a personal level, I kinda like the idea. 
It looks more natural that I would have thought, from seeing it
in gEdit.  However, I still do have some problems with it. 
Remember, it's still an idea in development and design.  It's not
finished.  It may not even make it into the first draft of the
new style guide.  Who knows?  And even if it does, if the idea
doesn't fly on the gnome-list, then it'll be dropped.

And no matter what, you'll be able to turn it off.  If it's a
problem, the default state will be text-only.  The important
concept was the separation of application-wide menu items into a
separate menu.  Whether that menu is called "Program" or "App" or
"GNOME" or holds the picture of a foot is secondary, and much
less important, especially if it's configurable.

Anybody else have a reaction?

John