On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 17:04 +0100, François Degrave wrote: > On Wednesday 17 February 2010 07:38:23 am Merk wrote: > >> I'm not asking why the OS X was directly copied instead of either Windows > >> one. I'm asking why any existing Word icon was copied at all. > >> > > > > It is a mimetype and as such needs to visually represent a certain type of > > file. It goes without saying that when everyone associates a certain > > look/letter/number with something they don't search for other visual > > metaphors. People expect certain things to look certain ways ;) > > > > -- > > Ken > > Ok but it feels uncomfortable
Thats really awesome. :) Then using those files types should be reduced rather than complaining about the icon ;) > to use the "w" of "Ms Word" for OOo Word > Processor, the "p" of "Ms Powerpoint" for OOo impress etc. The proper > color -- blue for the word processor, orange for impress, green for calc > -- together with an explicit icon is far sufficient in my opinion. > -- Cheers, Vish -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
