Is this decision marked as wont fix because Ubuntu does not intend to change
the icons that the Empathy dev's choose to less confusing ones? Or is this
marked as wont fix because the Empathy dev's have no desire to change the
icons, whether or not Ubuntu chooses to change the icons in the distro?

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Brian Curtis <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The icon choice by empathy will stay constant.  It's entirely up to
> Ubuntu and the icon theme they choose that will show in empathy.
> Marking as wontfix after talks with the empathy devs.
>
> ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Won't Fix
>
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> Usability: Icons are confusing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394065
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> Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: empathy
>
> The "busy" and "away" icons are confusing.
>
> Busy should not be green (green is go, proceed), and should not have a page
> on top of it (page looks like a message arrived).
>
> Away should not be red and specially not a triangle (red means problem and
> a red triangle twice as much, in some countries it is standard car equipment
> for emergency stops).  There are other unwanted connotations with red
> triangles (family planning, the badge used by political prisoners in nazi
> camps).
>

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