Subject: Re: AbiWord Interface Review
From: Martin Willemoes Hansen (mwh@sysrq.dk)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 05:53:46 CDT
> > > Nils Barth wrote:
> > > >Currently AbiWord's icons are GNOME-ish; since we're making
> everything
> > > >else platform-based (widgets, etc.), we should probably use
> > > >Windows-standard icons on Windows. However, this makes it a little
> > > >less cross-platform/makes appearance platform dependent, so this is
> > > >debatable.
> > > >
> > > Please God dont do this, i like the Gnome Icons better.
Could not agree more :O)
> > Okay -- I agree that GNOME icons are prettier, and I doubt it would
> > cause (much?) any confusion to use the GNOME ones; just an idea.
>
> My wife reviewed the interface, and one of her first comments was
> "The icons don't look standard. They're cheezier somehow."
>
> IMHO going with standard Windows icons would make the
> average joe feel more at home.
Hmm I realy hope we can do the job better than windows .. I think we do
that now.
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