Re: [Usability] Icons in panel menu bar

[Vinicius Depizzol <vdepizzol gmail com>]

Hi.

The panel menu bar is really not an usual menu bar. Unlike menus found
in applications, it is used in different situations and for different
things.

This feeling of something wrong maybe happens there when you don't
have the icons because all these items are actually "shortcuts" to
applications or windows which don't belong to the panel itself. And
people are used to consider shortcuts as something that always comes
with an icon.

Because of this, *at least by now* I don't think we should include the
same guidelines we are using for the real menu items. Keeping all the
icons in the panel seems a saner option. This way we'll just keep the
way it is in 2.26. There will be no risk of leaving something worse
than before. :)

Thank you.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 17:02, Vincent Untz<vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When the panel was changed to kept some icons when the menu icons are
> hidden, all icons in the panel menu bar were kept. A new change just got
> committed to only keep icons for application menu items, place menu
> items and preference menu items. Or if you prefer, icons for categories,
> "Connect to server", "Search files", "Recent documents", "Help", "About
> GNOME", "Lock", "Log out", "Shut down" were removed.
>
> I'm not convinced by this change: some part probably makes sense, but
> something "feels" wrong to me. Maybe it's because I expect the panel
> menu bar to be a bit different.
>
> It could also be because by default, you get three menus (Applications /
> Places / System), and only Places has some icons (and quite a few of
> them) while the two others don't if you don't open a submenu. Maybe it
> kind of breaks a visual balance for me...
>
> So, yeah, I'd just like to get feedback to know if it's right or not, if
> it needs to be updated slightly, etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vincent
>
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