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Bug 61519 - Background icon hard to understand
Background icon hard to understand
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: general
1.5.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jakub Steiner
Jakub Steiner
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2001-10-01 20:20 UTC by Seth Nickell
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
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Description Seth Nickell 2001-10-01 20:20:20 UTC
Background Icon is hard to understand. "It looks like a tiny drawer is
overlayed over the monitor" is what Suz perceived the icon to be. We
suggest having a simple monitor with a background suggesting an image, and
a simple window open on the desktop to differentiate it from the
screensaver icon. Also, the monitor doesn't look very much like most
monitors, it looks more like a Mac Classic or an iMac (rounded edges, no
stand, big area for buttons), but that is a minor gripe. The paintbucket
isn't a bad idea, but it would be better to have it a little larger. We
suggest having a simpler monitor (buttons on the face etc are extraneous)
that looks more "right" shapewise, with a flower background (tigert's daisy
background would work nicely), and perhaps a simple window floating above
it, and a large drippy paint-bucket in front of the monitor.
Comment 1 Jakub Steiner 2001-10-18 11:07:55 UTC
I'm pretty much sure this talks about the old icon. This one should be ok:

http://jimmac.musichall.cz/ikony/i31/wallpaper2.png
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