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1. Naming Spec Proposal

Based on the need by desktop application authors, we need to propose extensions as well as remove some items from the icon naming specification.

To add:

icon name

context

notes

avatar-default

status

to replace stock-person

call-missed

status

for soft phones (empathy, ekiga...)

caps-lock-warning

status

to replace the one in gtk. useful for password input fields

folder-documents

places

XDG folders extension

folder-download

places

XDG folders extension

folder-music

places

XDG folders extension

folder-pictures

places

XDG folders extension

folder-publicshare

places

XDG folders extension

folder-templates

places

XDG folders extension

folder-videos

places

XDG folders extension

list-synchronize

action

Used to synchronize an item list accross computers. This would prevent people abusing view-refresh

message-mail

mimetypes

to replace stock-message

printer-paused

status

to complement printer-*

printer-warning

status

to complement printer-*

x-plugin-generic

mimetypes

replaces gedit-plugin - what about "extension"?

user-busy

status

view-presentation

actions

And remove:

icon

note

edit-clear

the only useful context for this is the text input widget, where edit-delete already makes sense. We already have way too many removal icons with only subtle differences list-remove, edit-delete, user-trash. It isn't obvious which one to use.

user-idle

There is very little room to distinguish user-away and user-idle. We have too many states.


2024-10-23 10:58