On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 14:38 +0100, Thomas Wood wrote: > Hi folks, > > We've had a discussion on gnomecc list about removing the "Interface" > tab from the appearance capplet (see discussion¹ in the archive for > reasoning). > > However, before we do so, we would like to ensure the the defaults are > correct. The main reason for the tab being there at all is because > people felt the defaults are probably incorrect. > > The main default we would like to change is the "toolbar style" > settings. I have suggested¹ that there is broad support for the "text > beside icons" style, however there have been concerns that not all > applications implement it properly. It is important to note that in this > mode, only the most important toolbar items get text labels. > > PLEASE TRY THIS OPTION BEFORE YOU COMMENT - A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT > REALISE THAT ONLY SOME TOOLBAR BUTTONS GET LABELS IN THIS MODE. > > Therefore, I would like to propose a trial period with this setting set > to the new value, to give a chance for maintainers to ensure their > applications work correctly. I have (regrettably rather hastily) already > made the change to libgnome and I have opened a bug 590143 to discuss > any issues. This makes sense, one of the first things I do is set this option on a newly installed machine. The only thing that bugs me about this option is the new button in evolution. This should be more like the open button in gedit. BR, K
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