[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2015-06-04 Thread Mathew Hodson
** Project changed: libgnome = gnome-control-center -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 Title: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2015-06-03 Thread Mathew Hodson
** Bug watch removed: Mozilla Bugzilla #504275 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504275 ** Bug watch removed: GNOME Bug Tracker #557469 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557469 ** Bug watch removed: GNOME Bug Tracker #588668

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2015-06-03 Thread Mathew Hodson
** Changed in: baltix Status: New = Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 Title: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-06-10 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Kolargol00 and Pevzi, if you have any specific examples of inconsistent use of icons, please report them as separate bugs. Thanks. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-23 Thread Kolargol00
Icon presence in default GNOME menus is still inconsistent in 10.04 RC. Please fix this flaw even if it comes from upstream. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-23 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
** Changed in: libgnome Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: libgnome (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-23 Thread Pevzi
Icon presence in default GNOME menus is still inconsistent in 10.04 RC. Please fix this flaw even if it comes from upstream. +1 -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-16 Thread Pevzi
Applications and Places menus have icons, while System menu has no icons (and its sub-menus do have icons). Moreover, the option to enable icons in menus has been removed from the Appearance control panel. That's right. Menu looks very ugly now. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-16 Thread Pevzi
And icons can be returned to their native places only using gconf- editor. Not very user-friendly -_- -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-14 Thread Daniel Ellis
** Description changed: The default setting for icons has now changed , the icons will not be shown unless forced upon by the app. - Icons that are essential must be displayed and need to be set accordingly in the app. + Icons that are essential must be displayed and need to be set

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-11 Thread Krzysztof Kosinski
So, Gnome is now shifting to a model where dynamic objects -- applications, bookmarks, documents, folders, user accounts, wireless networks, and so on -- have icons by default, while all other items do not. What? This is completely backwards. Dynamic objects should not have items, while actions

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-11 Thread AJenbo
Dave Gilbert: (and otheres) My brother is dyslexic and I have also for a long time had a deficient time writing and reading. We both prefer navigating using visual ques rather then text. The fact that the option to enable all icons has been removed in 10.04 is doing us a grate disservice. If

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-11 Thread Pacho Ramos
Is people aware this was an upstream decision and not an Ubuntu one? -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-04-09 Thread Kolargol00
Default menus in 10.04 Beta2 are also inconsistent: Applications and Places menus have icons, while System menu has no icons (and its sub- menus do have icons). Moreover, the option to enable icons in menus has been removed from the Appearance control panel. -- (design decision) Icons missing

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-03-03 Thread mercedes
** Changed in: libgnome (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = New ** Changed in: libgnome Status: Invalid = New -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2010-03-03 Thread Micah Gersten
@mercedes Please don't change bug status without a comment. ** Changed in: libgnome (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-11-27 Thread David Wood
As much as I do agree that going back on the old way of including icons on every menu item possible is a good (both productively and aesthetically) change, I do feel that the lack of icons on actions on the main panel menu items is a step backwards in aesthetics (see screenshot-1), and feels to a

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-11-20 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Tags removed: metabug -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-11-19 Thread Micah Gersten
** Tags added: metabug -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-11-17 Thread Ubuntu QA Website
** Tags added: iso-testing -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-11-05 Thread ubuntolo
Reading comments here is clear enough that a lot of users (including me) saw the missing icons as a bug. Guidelines are good tools to give consistency, but we should also concentrate on *what* we perceive as consistent. A main menu with tree items, where the indentation clearly shows that

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-11-05 Thread kgeist
I also thought there was a bug when I noticed missing icons in the main menu, that's why I came across this page. I appreciate the idea of UI consistence and balance, but it's getting too inefficient. Let me explain: my OS is in Russian while lots of programs still miss the Russian documentation

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-11-01 Thread laurent
Style or Usability ? The eternal debate between graphic designers and people from ergonomics. Each group evaluates usability its own way. Basically: One says nicer is better (because aesthetic design ...), the other focus on methods and numbers (measuring user efficiency ...). I've seen them

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-29 Thread Nedenom
Guidelines or not... think practical, in the end the missing icons in System and Places menus look like a bug to the common user. It doesn't look clean or professional, but rather opposite; buggy, incomplete, inconsistent. Is this Linux for Human Beings or Linux for Guideline Obsessives? --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-27 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Only by violating the guidelines for which items should have icons. None of the top-level items in the System menu obviously represent applications, files, documents, people etc, so they shouldn't and don't have icons. It is true that the Show icons in menus option is badly worded, but it has had

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread manzur
Let's organize things my friend... Ok canonical desired to have this option off by default OK, no problem for that... But there is a bug in here.. What thing is context menu icons and other completely different is menu Icons, like system menu one... those options should be separated, Don't they?

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
The same guidelines apply to menu items no matter what type of menu they're in. For example, the use of icons in Nautilus's Open With submenu should be exactly the same regardless of whether you are opening that submenu via the context menu or the File menu. And icons in buttons and icons in menu

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread manzur
So why do we have no icons in the System menu, if they are already separated options? -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread mac_v
On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 15:09 +, Andreas Nilsson wrote: I agree with this change, but this is not a election, so I don't think those kind of comments adds any additional value to the bug report. #80 ...and makes other menus cute again A cute looking Operating System is not something I

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread manzur
I do not really care about context menu with no icons BUT I'll never agree about having NO icons Under system menu, those are different this, and it is really horrible to have some main menu menu with icons and some other with no one like is the case of System menu and some icons under Places menu

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread antistress
i'm not against the decision to remove icons but i agree with manzur : having icons in Applications and Palces and not in System looks like a bug to the user -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread David Bensimon
I have no issue with icons being turned off, but turning them back on should be a easy consistent, which it is not. The location for this preference: System Preferences Appearance Interface (Tab) The option that turns it on/off: Show Icons In menu 1) The issue with this is why would someone

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread manzur
a developer could tell me if I am wrong? can we have system menu back even with context menus disabled by default? -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-26 Thread Revant Nandgaonkar
I support decisions taken by gnome developers and I also thank them for keeping enable/disable option open for me to choose how my menus look. #90 I didnt want to target your comment with the word Cute I took it as: clean and slick and cute are two options available I also believe clean and

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-25 Thread Andreas Nilsson
I agree with this change, but this is not a election, so I don't think those kind of comments adds any additional value to the bug report. #80 ...and makes other menus cute again A cute looking Operating System is not something I think we should strive for. Cute stuff could make you forgive the

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-22 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Gergely, I tried with French, Latin, Polish, and Portuguese, and none of the items in the System menu changed order. If you have a specific example of menu items without icons that change order in a particular language, please report that as a *separate* bug, including exactly which language you

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-22 Thread Gergely Fábián
Sorry, it was a misunderstanding, the items in the System menu itself do not change order (I wanted to say Settings instead of System). Order is changed in Settings and Administration menus, but there *are* icons, so Fabián should tell which menus are those that have no icons and change order in

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-21 Thread Taylor Ripps L-Wren
@manzur Canonical had nothing to do with this, it was all Gnome's. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-21 Thread mac_v
Taylor Ripps L-Wren: Pls read the initial comments , it was not all Gnome. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-20 Thread unggnu
That is no bug, they are sorted alphabetically afaik, which makes sense, but it takes some time to find the correct one in another language. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-20 Thread Sebastien Bacher
The software entries have icons and the system category order is fixed though there -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-20 Thread manzur
I would just like to know why canonical took this decision -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-20 Thread Revant Nandgaonkar
I prefer enabling icons in: /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons System Preference Appearance Interface Tab Select Show icons in menus I keep it default (disabled) for /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons This brings system menu back to normal and makes other menus cute again --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-20 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Fabián, which items without icons change order when you change language? That's probably a bug in itself. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-20 Thread Gergely Fábián
Eg. elements in System and Administration menus change order as language changes (I have seen those menus in several lanugages), the order depends always on the alphabetic order of the current translations. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-19 Thread manzur
Look... I do not care about context icons BUT about system menu icons, it looks horrible that we got any other main menu icons and System Menu icons are gone, please pay attention to this -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-19 Thread Fabián Rodríguez
I just came across this bug a few weeks ago when i started using alpha. When using another language in Ubuntu options change positions *and* names, and icons are the only way some options can be found quickly. Without such icons it's not impossible but certainly not so easy to find such options.

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-18 Thread tgpraveen
@mpt while on the whole i agree removing icons was a good idea as it makes for a cleaner interface but this as said in a previous comment really needs to be made a special case and allow icons for this. Me too. For example Close button is probably the most widely used button in all windows, but

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-17 Thread Tr
Disagree with removal of icons. This looks and feels like there are missing icons. -.- -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Reported bug 451160. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-14 Thread Marcos
Thanks very much Matthew!! :D -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-13 Thread Mantas Kriaučiūnas
** Also affects: baltix Importance: Undecided Status: New -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Marcos, it's cool that we have made gufw a little more attractive without you having to do anything (no more ugly orange and white cross!), but the change has made it more obvious that you were not following the Gnome guideline about size and padding of buttons.

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-13 Thread Marcos
Hi Matthew! Could you be more specific about Gufw, please? Gufw is an open proyect to any tester and improvement :) Can you create (or another designer) a bug with more specific details (https://bugs.launchpad.net /gui-ufw) about the interface, please? Thanks! ;) In other way, I think that remove

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-12 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
komputes, the gconf key does not apply to entire menus, it applies to individual items. For example, when on, Places Connect to Server and Bookmarks Organize Bookmarks have icons; when off, they don't. Jean-François, testing this would be difficult but not impossible. Take a representative

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-12 Thread Marcos
Hello! As a developer (Gufw) I think this is a very bad decision. In my case, the interface lost usability and beauty without icons. You can compare here: http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7526/screenshot1i.png Please consider including the icons in Ubuntu! Thanks and best regards. -- (design

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-12 Thread manzur
2 point: Canonical took a great decision coz they were trying to make buttons the same size BUT.. after they have generated or designed small icons (16px) or minor ubuntu is prepared to reconsider their inclusion -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-12 Thread Conn
manzur, You're talking about bug #84931, right? I don't think that was the motivation for disabling icons... do you have an official source to confirm this? Reading the comments on this bug from Matthew and others, it seems to be a design decision. If bug #84931 was the real reason for the

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-08 Thread Guillaume Desmottes
This just re-enable the icons in menu, not on dialog buttons. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=595341 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #595341 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=595341 -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-08 Thread Gergely Fábián
This gnome bug is really interesting... :) Just a quote: if you want to restore icons with gconf-editor (/desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icon, menus_have_icon), remember to not to run it with sudo, because that changes settings for root (and that's why you won't see the effect). --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-07 Thread Beto
Delan is right, you can activate them in the appearance settings I think we should activate them by default not only it looks better but it lets you find things faster as you can see on the gimp screenshot that I attached, I don't know if it's my brain but I find the printer icon faster than the

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-07 Thread Gergely Fábián
I see that Ubuntu does not feel like returning icons. Let it be. But people (as I see) don't like that change. So please highlight in visible places (Release notes on Ubuntu webpage, etc.) that it can be changed in System-Preferences-Appearance-Interface. I had spent really much time on finding

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-07 Thread Nazo
I disagree with removal of icons too. When I use Windows, I hated that there are no menu icons. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-07 Thread Jean-François Fortin Tam
Ok, this is going nowhere. We have a bunch of me too's but that's never going to change their mind or give them a realistic sample of the gnome users' opinions. Quoting André Klapper's (condescending) comment upstream: 'Feel free to ask them, e.g. run a poll somewhere where probably 0.01% of

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-07 Thread antistress
if your really want to run a poll, we sould wait a few months to see the whole picture (=wait to see if people get accustomed to it, otherwise you will have a lot of negative answers based on the fact that a lot of people don't like changes) -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu ,

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-07 Thread Delan Azabani
I thought you could restore them (at least in the beta) by going to System.Preferences.Apperance on the Interface tab and checking Show Icons in Menus... I did that... -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-10-06 Thread Stéphane Maniaci
I strongly disagree with removal of icons too, especially since the others menus in the Panel have some. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-10-06 Thread komputes
I can confirm this bug as well for the system menu in karmic. ( see http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33171684/system_menu_noicons.png ) Even with the gconf values on /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons and /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons set to false, you will see that editing

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu

2009-10-06 Thread komputes
** Summary changed: - (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons + (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons, system menu -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu ,

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-10-05 Thread Marcos
I disagree with removal of icons too. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-28 Thread hills
Me too. For example Close button is probably the most widely used button in all windows, but now it have no icon. Previously I could click it without thinking, but now... well, this is disaster, I'm completly inefficient. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons ,

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-24 Thread Giovanni Mellini
I disagree with removal of icons. I don't like this choice. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-18 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Christoph: As I just explained on IRC, raw customizability of the menu is not the standard we're using here -- otherwise every menu item in OpenOffice.org would need an icon merely because its menus are customizable. The Ubuntu Software Store has moved to the Applications menu (bug 431882). And I

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-18 Thread antistress
mpt : i've filled Bug #432876 concerning the icons missing problem with search engines drop down list in Firefox -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-17 Thread Christoph Korn
As I see the Software Store is now in the System menu as well. Does the software store not have an icon ? And is this the main reason why the system menu does not get icons (in the first level) at all ? Oh, and the Places menu also has icons missing. ** Attachment added: Places menu with

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-14 Thread Vladimir Kondratyev
I also vote for icons in menu. I have a feeling that Gnome people are copying Mac OS X. Mac OS X doesn't have icons in menu, but nobody said that this looks sexy. Please do not follow dumb OS X way. Please return icons. My current Ubuntu menu looks unprofessional. Why Add/Remove Applications has

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-13 Thread Rotbart van Dainig
Two things to keep in mind: Ubuntu is Linux for Human Beings and Pretty is a Feature Icons help people navigate and look pretty - buttons_have_icons menus_have_icons = true -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-13 Thread Dave Gilbert
The buttons_have_icons one is already starting to show up lots of apps that have dialogs that look wrong with it on where some buttons get them and some others don't and are smaller. Given that people are saying that this is an upstream thing that's already been decided can someone tell me what

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-13 Thread antistress
I think that there is a bug in Firefox seacrch box related to that decision. In the search box, the icon of the current search engine is displayed but if you look at the drop down list there is no icon ! The search engine drop down list should use the always-show-icons property of

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-12 Thread Peter Klotz
I agree with Christoph Korn. Without icons and due to the indentation the system menu looks as if the icons are missing. That was exactly my first thought after upgrading. After working without icons for a few hours I realized how important they are to me. Without icons I actually have to read

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-12 Thread manzur
me too, i do vote for keeping the icons where they should be -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-11 Thread Christoph Korn
I would like to have icons in the System menu of gnome also at the first level for the following two reasons: - All other menus in the gnome-panel (Applications and Places) have icons and with the indentation in the System menu it looks as if there are icons missing. - Because the System

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-08 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Dave Gilbert: usability being more important than aesthetics suggests an opposition that isn't really there. Aesthetics is part of usability; for some research and examples of this, see http://www.alistapart.com/articles/indefenseofeyecandy. antistress: I don't see how adding an icon could ever

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-08 Thread antistress
Indeed, forget about what i've written -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-08 Thread Maxim Levitsky
And yes I know I can set a setting in appearance to get 'em back -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-09-08 Thread Maxim Levitsky
I strongly disagree with removal of icons. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-28 Thread Dave Gilbert
Matthew: Yes, you're right it's a difference in balance - I'm a strong believer in usability being more important than aesthetics; having said that I'd much rather find a solution that satisfies both. I also don't believe I'm on my own, and I don't think everyone agrees that losing the icons

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-28 Thread antistress
maybe i'm wrong but i believe that i would be more easier for the user if icons already display in the toolbar would be in also in menus It would help users to find stuff i.e i don't know in what menu is X. But X isquite similar to Y which is in the toolbar. Let's find Y in menus and i'll surely

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-27 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Dave Gilbert: So basically we disagree on the weight given to usefulness of an individual icon vs. the weight given to aesthetics of the menu as a whole, and there's no way to argue that convincingly one way or another. If it's any consolation, many of the actions that have highly- recognizable

Re: [Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-27 Thread mac_v
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 12:45 +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: For example, Mac OS 8 and 9 used icon-only forward and back buttons in their assistants http://mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_27/arcellana.html. But that had a substantial disadvantage: it gave the thing you were most likely

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-27 Thread Sandro Mani
It is in gconf-editor (ready through the previous comments and you will find the key), alternatively also under system-preferences-appearance-interface -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-27 Thread Marcus Carlson
at least nautilus should have an option that reads: Enable Menu icons. Why? To make nautilus NOT look like the rest of the desktop? -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-27 Thread manzur
at least nautilus should have an option that reads: Enable Menu icons. Maybe this is not the perfect solution but it is just an idea that came into my mind BUT maybe this is somewhere i do not know so, please make me know -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons ,

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-27 Thread manzur
maybe it is in gconf-editor and i do not know -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-27 Thread manzur
i said it because i think nautilus is everything in gnome: desktop and file manager -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-22 Thread Dave Gilbert
Matthew, I think where there are (fairly) universally recognised icons for things then they also make sense for actions on menus (e.g. 'play' and back and forward or print). While I understand that the gaps may look unsightly I believe that the benefit in ease of navigation is significant

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-22 Thread mac_v
** Description changed: - The icons are missing from the context menus and dialogue buttons , since i updated : + The default setting for icons has now changed , the icons will not be shown unless forced upon by the app. + Icons that are essential must be displayed and need to be set

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-22 Thread mac_v
@mpt , The arrow icons [back , forward , up , down] are very clear by themselves and do not need labels. But the labels are often different in different apps , for instance either forward / next is used by different apps throughout the system. Why not remove the labels for these buttons and

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-19 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
fishor, Mozilla has restored the icons in Firefox's Bookmarks menu (bug 408361). Taylor L-Wren, it is true that icons are more recognizable than text, but only for a few menu items. Unfortunately, those items are almost always interspersed with other menu items that have no possible obvious

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-18 Thread Sandro Mani
Another issue: bug #387796 concerned actually _adding_ icons to the menu (for the open-with application list), it is sort of counter-productive to fix the bug there and then remove the icons again with this setting... -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons ,

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