On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 16:38 +0200, Kristian Rietveld wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:49:44PM +0200, Jakub Steiner wrote: [...] > The concern which I want to raise, and which I already did in my > previous mail, is the following: "Does updating icons account as a > break of backward compatibility?". Running a GTK+ application which > has some custom drawn icons with the new stock icons, might make those > custom icons look out of place. A GTK+ application which is putting a custom > drawn "overlay" on a new stock icon might look out of place. And, for > example Gossip, is using the gtk-justify-left icon as an icon for the > "View Previous Conversations" menu item -- this might also break with a > new stock icon which is using a different metaphor to communicate the > intention of the item to the user. Or is using a stock item for a > different action as intended seen as a misuse of the API? I am sure > Gossip is not the only application doing this.
FWIW, I think its better for everyone if that would be considered a misuse of the api - I dont think gtk+ makes any gauruntees about what a "next" or "apply" icon will look like, changing these icons on a regular basis can even help teach applications to be more diligent in thier use of the api. Cheers, -Tristan _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list