On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:03:29 -0400 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 11:47 -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 04:53:16AM EDT, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > > On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:14:35 -0400 (EDT) eklektik wrote: > > > > For me the problem is that etch default look and feel is > > > > totally out of date. Even those who doesn't have artistic > > > > training can sense that the artworks are amateurish. When I > > > > showed the artworks to my graphic designer friends they were > > > > horrified. > > > > > > > > But here is a question; why did you choose Rodent as a > > > > default when there are so many awesome icons are available on > > > > the gnome look site? > > > > > > It is not my intention to say something unfriendly, but I must > > > say that I still strongly prefer the original design. > > > > > > Displaying a home directory with a picture of a house, > > > depicting the 'settings' with a spanner? Children will like it, > > > but as an adult I feel insulted. > > > > I agree 100%. > > > > And it's not just that I feel insulted .. The confusion between > > complex abstractions such as home or settings .. and cartoon-style > > renderings of fragments of reality .. houses .. spanners .. doesn't > > strike me as a very effective way to encourage creativity and > > nurture intelligence in children and adults alike. > > Sheesh, the nerve of you all. > > Nothing like quashing someone who wants to help show people how to do > something. > > At least you could give kudos for showing the light as to how easy it > really is. > > And people bitch about my off-topic threads that aren't even close to > this kind of rudeness.
It strikes me that you see it as rudeness. Having a different opinion is not the same as being rude, is it. And I felt that the makers of the original design were being 'quashed', as you call it, just as well. Kudos for both, as far as I'm concerned. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
