[haiku-development] Re: Mail and E-mail preferences

  • From: Bruno Albuquerque <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:55:08 -0800

Maurice Kalinowski wrote:

The problem with such an icon approach is that the icon, at that size, is nothing more than a few insignificant pixels lumped together, not really distinguishable anyway (small icons are heck for i.e. accessibility).

For what it is worth, I would prefer the icons too. The list entries you were talking about so far (About, application configuration) are used very rarely. This might also be an indicator that you are not willing to be disturbed by this huge element in the menu list all the time (while for instance Edit, etc. are used on a much more regular basis).

More than that, the thing about the icon being too small at the required resolution is completely irrelevant. Eventually the user will be "trained" to know the the icon menu is where application-specific stuff resides. He will not be "trained" to look for an icon tha resembles whatever the application does. Eventually, this specific menu entry will end up being caled the Icon Menu, just like we already have the Haiku Menu.

So, if my opinion counts, go with the icon approach.

-Bruno


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