Is it really that big of a deal to add a configuration option to elementary that is "prefer FDO icon set: yes / no" and just have it be no by default? This way it would be easy to make both camps happy.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:53:08 -0500 Stephen Houston <smhousto...@gmail.com> > said: > > > I'm sure this has been discussed before but I feel the need to bring it > up > > again. > > > > It is super annoying that when requesting a standard icon, you will > always > > get the blue icon from Elementary first if it exists, and then it falls > > back on the icon theme. I feel like this should be exactly the opposite. > > Check the icon theme first and fallback on Elementary's blue icons if the > > user's icon theme doesn't have the requested standard icon. > > > > For instance: > > http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-55c4c1af28ccf5.97362633.jpg > > > > The blue slideshow icon is out of place here. It should go with the icon > > theme first instead of finding that icon in Elementary. > > > > Thoughts? > > not changing. > > 1. breaks default behavior of an icon object. since icons come from theme > an > app dev can customize by doing a theme overlay and thus expect his icons to > appear - but if default behavior changes then his app loses HIS icons. this > is a break. no. not changing. > 2. the point is to have icons match the THEME... not some fdo icon theme. > icons > will almost always look out of place in a theme being different style/color > etc. etc. and so people are eternally hunting for a "matching icon theme" > separately to their theme. the whole POINT of an edj file is to have a > single > unified theme with everything - widgets and wm and icons etc. your point > violates this entire concept. > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ~Jeff Hoogland <http://jeffhoogland.com/> My Projects on GitHub <https://github.com/JeffHoogland> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
