Re: [Usability]Icons in Menus

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 10:15, Alan Horkan wrote:
> On 29 Jan 2003, Dave Bordoley wrote:
> 
> > Date: 29 Jan 2003 09:51:43 -0500
> > From: Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>
> > To: Usability gnome org
> > Subject: [Usability]Icons in Menus
> >
> > I don't know if this has been discussed or not (if so please point me to
> > the discussion), but i find the default preference of icons in menus
> > very unappealing. For one not all menu items have icons so menus end up
> > looking incomplete. Furthermore, the additional icons make identifying
> > checkboxes and radio buttons harder as they get lost in the noise of the
> > other menu icons.
> 
> The icons become like a button and have both a pressed and unpressed
> state.  Certain icons would benifit from being redrawn for clarity at
> small resolutions.

yeah but these aren't buttons, they are menus, and I find that the icons
really do amount to unneeded visual noise. 

> 
> > If no one objects I will file a bug with libgnomeui requesting a change
> > of the default preference. I should also note that the mac and windows
> > do not have icons in their menus.
> 
> Huh?
> windows definately has icons in menus for a variety of programs.

With my stock, pretty much uncustomized version of winXP no apps have
menu icons (outlook,internet explorer, acrobat), with the exception of
the favorites icons in IE. 

dave