Re: [Usability] UI proposal for icon selector

[Julien Olivier <julo altern org>]

> I agree that the current icon theme is what matters most. New users  
> might not even know about other icon themes. However, I think it's a  
> bad thing to force users to use the file selector for anything that  
> goes beyond that, when a big and nice icon list is already part of the  
> GUI. IF the new file selector allows shortcuts, your idea of using them  
> sounds reasonable. But then, the file selector won't have a preview  
> pane, will it?
> 

Well, from what I have understood from discussions on various mailing
lists, it seems that it should be possible for apps to specify that they
want the file selector to have a preview pane. That's a condition sine
qua non in this case.

> This is a good point. However, there's lots of icons in /usr/share/ 
> icons/gnome/48x48/apps that are not tied to a specific application.  
> Take gnome-favourites.png or gnome-joystick.png.
> 

I think such icons shouldn't belong to "applications". For example,
"gnome-joystick.png" is a device to me, isn't it ?

> What about the mimetypes? As nautilus lets you select custom icons for  
> any file these would have to be listed as well.
> 

Yes, I've forgotten them. I understand that some people would like to
use the audio mime-type icon to represent an MP3 player for example. So
they should be included in the list.

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Julien Olivier <julo altern org>