Re: [tdf-discuss] Suggestion for Icons

Changing icons in minor versions is probably not a good idea.

Changing the floppy Icon has outdated ALL books about 
OpenOffice/LibreOffice that have been written, including textbooks. Such 
changes might happen in major versions, always allowing the users to use 
the old theme, but a forced changed disconnects the products from all 
the efforts and materials that have been made to support its 
distribution... and in many cases makes it unusable.

In Cambodia, OpenOffice is used in all the school system... considering 
changing to LibreOffice with icons that are different than the ones in 
the official textbook is just not possible, it would just create lots of 
confusion for teachers and students, and that is exactly what we do not 
need. The system might change to a new interface when it wants.... but 
not when LibreOffice developers decide to change, it is just not 
possible to print new textbooks.

Cheers,

Javier

On 2/15/12 7:39 PM, firstname lastname wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Guys the icons are one of the key features of Libre Office's interface.
> Some of the stock icons on the Libre Office default theme need some more
> work I feel.
>
> OPEN - this icon is really grey and dull
> SAVE - okay, so the floppy is gone. I would have loved to keep it, but I
> won't get into that.
> But if you ARE going for a green downwards arrow, it needs to be cleerer
> than this.
>
> DOCUMENT AS EMAIL - This feature is really reduntant and clutters up the
> user experience.
>
> PDF ICON - The export to PDF icon is not clear enough. It needs to say PDF
> in MASSIVE
> letters, not some text you can almost not read.
>
>
> These are my comments to the icons in the current interface.
>
> But why can't we create an interface that is really inviting to newer
> users,
> which does not acommodate to the users with conservative preferences.
>
> Pick up any MacOSX application and they are mostly so inviting and "fun" to
> use.
> Why can't Libre Office be that? Massively larger icon-toolbars is a start,
> and shouldn't
> be very hard to make. I have the pixel-space available for this on my
> screen. Do you?
>
> Best of regards,
> A


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