Re: Sudden Tango changes in trunk

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 16:38 +0200, Kristian Rietveld wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:49:44PM +0200, Jakub Steiner wrote:
[...]
> The concern which I want to raise, and which I already did in my
> previous mail, is the following: "Does updating icons account as a
> break of backward compatibility?".  Running a GTK+ application which
> has some custom drawn icons with the new stock icons, might make those
> custom icons look out of place.  A GTK+ application which is putting a custom
> drawn "overlay" on a new stock icon might look out of place.  And, for
> example Gossip, is using the gtk-justify-left icon as an icon for the
> "View Previous Conversations" menu item -- this might also break with a
> new stock icon which is using a different metaphor to communicate the
> intention of the item to the user.  Or is using a stock item for a
> different action as intended seen as a misuse of the API?  I am sure
> Gossip is not the only application doing this.

FWIW, I think its better for everyone if that would be considered a
misuse of the api - I dont think gtk+ makes any gauruntees about
what a "next" or "apply" icon will look like, changing these icons
on a regular basis can even help teach applications to be more
diligent in thier use of the api.

Cheers,
               -Tristan