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 ;) > Those filetypes are supported by OOo. No need to associate them to icons referencing to Ms applications not supported under Linux. As far as I know, there is no reference to Adobe in the pdf files icons.
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