Copy pasting from Bug #737183 since Mark seems to prioritize
"message-rationale: Unity" bug mail... ;-)
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The fact that the /home/$USER is a folder is inconsequential,
the same way that / can also be considered a folder inside the location
computer:///
Or, the way any partition or external-media-device is a folder in /media .
And we dont etch a partition/device on a folder icon for either of them even
though they are folders within a higher folder hierarchy. They are each Top
levels for that location.
No one wants to interact _with_ the Home(folder) , they want to interact
with files or folders _inside_ Home . Further, so many actions are not
available for interaction on the /home/$USER folder. It is better we
differentiate it like how we differentiate the / and other devices.
At a time when we are trying to move away from the hierarchal arrangement of
folders, It is to eliminate that Home is a folder metaphor and to treat it as a
higher level location like / or /media/$foo where folders exist.
It is to show that Home is a similar higher level place where user just has
_their_ folders or files .
This icon change is inline with nautilus design specification for a "Consistent
name for home", which calls for the use of name "Home" everywhere(not Home
folder). I would rather like to see *some* attention focused on improving the
user experience > Bug 372703 , we have a completed design specification and a
patches in bugzilla and it has recently been fixed upstream too. But still we
have been sitting on it since Karmic.
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However, If you dont like the current icon, I could work on iterations which do
not require showing the folder metaphor... :-)
But I'm sorry Mark, I wont be adding a folder icon for user-home in Humanity.
:-(
If you only require user-home to be shown as a folder icon; pls *kindly* add it
to ubuntu-mono which is set as the default icon theme for Ubuntu.
I'm moving the task to ubuntu-mono where the change can be done.
** Changed in: humanity-icon-theme (Ubuntu)
Importance: Critical => Wishlist
** Changed in: humanity-icon-theme (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Opinion
** Package changed: humanity-icon-theme (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-mono (Ubuntu)
** Changed in: ubuntu-mono (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist => Critical
** Changed in: ubuntu-mono (Ubuntu)
Status: Opinion => New
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Icon in Launcher should be home folder icon
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