Re: A Proposal For The Addition Of Color-Reactiveness To The GNOME Desktop

[Bruce Stephens <bruce cenderis demon co uk>]

Bowie Poag <bjp@primenet.com> writes:

> Ahhhhh, okay. I see. Yeah, I can agree with that.. But i'd still
> prefer to keep things purely color-oriented, instead of having
> different icon "looks". A lamp is a lamp is a lamp, in my book, but
> I will admit there is an added degree of flexibility with your spin
> on it.

Applications should say what state they're in, the GUI (window manager
or similar) can decide how to present that.  I agree that colours
would probably make sense, but for some things sounds or textures
might be sensible.