Subject: Re: AbiWord Interface Review
From: Dan Kegel (dank@kegel.com)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 22:08:13 CDT
Nils Barth wrote:
>
> On 2001-08-09-19:00, Alan wrote:
> > 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.
>
> 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.
- Dan
-- "I have seen the future, and it licks itself clean." -- Bucky Katt
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