I see now why the issue is not so obvious. It depends on the icon theme. I've attached a screenshot with the default icon theme under Ubuntu, which has subtle differences from the old gnome 2 theme. For a new document it shows a paper with "+", and for "Edit" it shows a just pen. One could of course blame it on the Ubuntu icon designers. But I believe we have to see it from a different perspective:
The stock items represent semantics/meanings. Designers design an image to match a meaning, and developers choose an item id by meaning. When we start to pick images by visual similarity and use them for a different meaning, we get into problems like this. And even with the "right" icon theme, I feel a pen with paper evokes to me a different idea than a pen with letter (or even letter with paper clip for attachment). Same for "new" as "clear" and "refresh" as "hand/move/pan". In that case it's maybe better to include the missing icons if the stock don't match enough. ** Attachment added: "gscan2pdf.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gscan2pdf/+bug/1197264/+attachment/4152265/+files/gscan2pdf.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1197264 Title: wrong icons in toolbar To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gscan2pdf/+bug/1197264/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
