The biggest reason it's better too recognize. If you got ten thousand icons for 1 sort of file it get's anoying and confusing.
On 17 February 2010 16:38, Merk <[email protected]> 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. > > > Joeri Jungschlager wrote: > > > > It has too do with the law, Apple is much more of a social company then > > Microsoft. > > Think apple putted on a flexible license. (like CC/GPL/APSL) I think the > > last one is apple used. > > Microsoft I pretty sure they not. > > > > On 16 February 2010 20:39, Merk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> So I see a lot of nice changes with the humanity icon update. However > >> the > >> icons for .doc, .xls etc are really bothersome. > >> The icons are blatantly ripped off the OSX version of Office. Why? > >> I can understand having a W be pronounced in the icon for .doc like all > >> versions of word, but why make the W exactly like that in the OSX > >> version? > >> Most people coming to Ubuntu would be coming from Windows if anything. > >> > >> I removed the Mac OS X Word W and replaced it simply with the Ubuntu > >> Title > >> Font and already find it an improvement > >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p27613841/humanity.png Current Humanity .doc > >> file > >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p27613841/humanity2.png Slight change to > >> Humanity > >> .doc file > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://old.nabble.com/.doc%2C-.xls%2C-etc-icons-in-Humanity-Update-tp27613841p27613841.html > >> Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-art mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > J.D. Jungschlager > > Telephone: +31647843040 > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/.doc%2C-.xls%2C-etc-icons-in-Humanity-Update-tp27613841p27625636.html > Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > -- J.D. Jungschlager Telephone: +31647843040
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