Re: Epihpany icon improvement

[Alex Combas <ghetto_samurai shaw ca>]

On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 05:38, Bill Haneman wrote:
> I _really_ think we should use the globe icon (or at least another globe
> icon) which we are already using for "web browser".  Having
> application-specific icons as our defaults seems like a bad idea since
> it forces users to learn new icons, and forces icon designers to create
> new icons based on "differentness" rather than using an agreed-upon
> mnemonic (i.e. "world" means world-wide-web).  

I actually agree but not for the reasons you mention. I agree that we
should use whatever the Applications->Internet icon happens to be also
for the Applications->Internet->Web Browser icon.

There has been some talk of using a globe icon for both of them except
the Web Browser globe would have some sort of clicking action and a
mouse pointer on top of it. At first I like the idea but now I dont
because of two reasons.

1. XFree allows users to change the mouse pointer and so the mouse
pointer which is part of the icon might not match the actual users icon.
2. If the icon matches the mouse pointer we have the problem that it
looks like there are two mouse pointers on the screen.

Maybe simplicity is best ;) why dont we just use the exact same icon for
both the Internet menu option icon as well as the Web Browser icon?

~Alex