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Title: [upstream] Human icon theme gets wrong icons for OOo mimetypes Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org I am using Openoffice 3.0 on Ubuntu Jaunty. Since recent updates, OOo- related files show new icons instead of the usual ones. I find these icons extremely ugly, but personal taste might make a weak argument against them. However, they do stand out and feel out of place when compared with the rest of the icons, because of their intense colours and bold layout that don't follow the tango guidelines. It is also, to my knowledge, the first case of apps "stealing" filetypes, that is, of filetypes showing icons belonging to a specific app. If images don't show EOG or GIMP icons, if videos don't show the Totem icon and music files don't show the Rhythmbox icon... why should documents show the OOo icon instead of a generic one? The new icon does not facilitate recognition, either. Given that the gnome menu doesn't show the original OOo icons (the one with the seagulls) but alternate ones in the tango style, the new file icons don't even give a hint as to which app will open the files. And what if I choose to use Abiword, or Gnumeric, to open them? Why should they have the OOo icon? Additionally, not all document types show the new icon. ODT files do, but DOC ones don't. Why should they not use the same icon, if they're both document files after all? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bug/339590/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
