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Re: noicon.xpm?



On ma, 2003-05-12 at 20:35, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> Em 11 May 2003 10:12:49 +0300, Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi> escreveu:
> 
> > An icon that only says "this application doesn't have an icon of its
> > own" doesn't help the user at all. It doesn't help the user visually
> > find the application in a menu, since the same icon is used for many
> > unrelated items. What it does do is add to the visual clutter in a menu,
> > which makes things worse, rather than better, and makes pattern
> > recognition harder.
> 
> A menu with some icons missing can lead to confusion. It looks inconsistent.

So does using a misleading icon (say, the Debian logo) or the same icon
for many unrelated things.

If you want icons for everything, make new icons for those things that
are missing icons.

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