Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-mono
I maintain a GTK app used in-house at my university. It's a graphical editor for the input to a scientific model. (You can see a screenshot at http://amcg.ese.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=Spud .) In the model options, some things are optional, and can be activated by clicking a plus icon on the right hand side of the TreeView; such things can then be deactivated by clicking on a minus icon in the TreeView. (You can see both the pluses and minuses in the screenshot.) These icons are represented by a gtk.STOCK_ADD and a gtk.STOCK_REMOVE. But sometime between lucid and maverick, the gtk.STOCK_REMOVE icon used in the Ambiance theme got changed from a minus sign to a red circle with a bar through it, which to me has a meaning much closer to "cancel" or "danger" than "remove". As a visual metaphor for removing elements of the input to the model, it no longer makes sense. My users who have just updated to maverick have been a bit confused ... So, is the right thing to do: a) to bundle my own plus and minus icons, breaking consistency with the rest of the desktop, or b) should the gtk.STOCK_REMOVE icon to be changed back to the minus sign it was in lucid? Is there a formal description of what the STOCK_REMOVE should signify anywhere? I couldn't find it through google. Was there any discussion of the change on a mailing list anywhere? I googled for it but couldn't find any. Like I said, the icon was perfectly appropriate in lucid, but it changed in maverick. Any advice gratefully received! Thanks, Patrick ** Affects: ubuntu-mono (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: ubuntu-mono I maintain a GTK app used in-house at my university. It's a graphical - editor for the input to a scientific model. (You can see a screenshot - at http://amcg.ese.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=Spud .) In the model options, + editor for the input to a scientific model. (You can see a screenshot at + http://amcg.ese.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=Spud .) In the model options, some things are optional, and can be activated by clicking a plus icon - on the right hand side of the TreeView; such things can then be deactivated - by clicking on a minus icon in the TreeView. (You can see both the pluses - and minuses in the screenshot.) + on the right hand side of the TreeView; such things can then be + deactivated by clicking on a minus icon in the TreeView. (You can see + both the pluses and minuses in the screenshot.) - These icons are represented by a gtk.STOCK_ADD and a gtk.STOCK_REMOVE. But - sometime between lucid and maverick, the gtk.STOCK_REMOVE icon used in the - Ambiance theme got changed from a minus sign to a red circle with a bar through - it, which to me has a meaning much closer to "cancel" or "danger" than - "remove". As a visual metaphor for removing elements of the input to the model, - it no longer makes sense. My users who have just updated to maverick have been - a bit confused ... + These icons are represented by a gtk.STOCK_ADD and a gtk.STOCK_REMOVE. + But sometime between lucid and maverick, the gtk.STOCK_REMOVE icon used + in the Ambiance theme got changed from a minus sign to a red circle with + a bar through it, which to me has a meaning much closer to "cancel" or + "danger" than "remove". As a visual metaphor for removing elements of + the input to the model, it no longer makes sense. My users who have just + updated to maverick have been a bit confused ... So, is the right thing to do: - a) to bundle my own plus and minus icons, breaking consistency with the rest of - the desktop, or + a) to bundle my own plus and minus icons, breaking consistency with the + rest of the desktop, or - b) should the gtk.STOCK_REMOVE icon to be changed back to - the minus sign it was in lucid? Is there a formal description of what the STOCK_REMOVE + b) should the gtk.STOCK_REMOVE icon to be changed back to the minus sign + it was in lucid? Is there a formal description of what the STOCK_REMOVE should signify anywhere? I couldn't find it through google. - Was there any discussion of the change on a mailing list anywhere? I googled - for it but couldn't find any. + Was there any discussion of the change on a mailing list anywhere? I + googled for it but couldn't find any. Like I said, the icon was perfectly appropriate in lucid, but it changed in maverick. Any advice gratefully received! Thanks, Patrick -- gtk.STOCK_REMOVE has changed to something (I think is) confusing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658616 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
