Ross Johnson wrote:

> Some of this may be better put in an issue report, but ...
> 
> This is not such a petty thing - all the icons seem to have changed from
> what they were in v2.0.1. Is this simply an aesthetic change, or was
> there a serious problem with the previous icons? Just wondering why it's
> worth confusing users at a micro version change - usually these thing
> change only at major version increments. 

It was a big request of the developer community to integrate new
features more often, preferrably in the next possible release. Reading
your comment it seems you can't please everybody. <sigh>

> It also affects work on the
> documentation projects. Luckily the OOo2 user guide hasn't quite got as
> far as updating images yet - but it's very close - I believe GRS want's
> to link the icon images, but then there are the screenshot images to
> cope with.
> 
> It may be a matter of getting used to them, but I thought the previous
> icons more clearly conveyed what they represent.

People wanted the "new" icons because they are more like the ones they
have on their desktop. I agree that the previous one are better and IIRC
you can still use them. Choice is good. :-)

> Also, the Help - About window still shows OOo 2.0. This is a current
> issue because users are finding it difficult to describe which version
> they're using on the users lists. They're generally told to press an
> obscure key combination to display the build version and credits. This
> slows communication down quite a bit while the users list goes through
> an unnecessary REQUEST/PLEASE CONFIRM/UPDATED REQUEST/ANSWER cycle.

This has been fixed for OOo2.0.2.

Best regards,
Mathias

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Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead
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