Re: [Usability] Rational for icons in button

[Julien Olivier <julo altern org>]

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> Finally, as a matter of personal preference, I find that icons doesn't
> make the desktop more colorful as much as it makes it more noisy. It
> also forces themes to implement their own stock icons if they are to
> appear consistent. Looking at http://art.gnome.org/ there are many good
> themes, but few (none?) of them implement complete stock icon sets.
> 

I think icons should be defined by icon themes. I know GTK+ currently
doesn't support icon themes. But in the future, style designers
shouldn't have to worry about icons.

> Perhaps the best solution would be if buttons didn't have icons by
> default, but individual themes could specify them if they wished.
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Julien Olivier <julo altern org>