Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 11805
Icons not very distinct
Last modified: 2006-05-07 07:35:54 UTC
I find that the icons for Calc and Writer on windows explorer are not very distinct. FOr example, compare how easy it is to distinguish an SPSS file because of its bright red icon and word documents because of their bright blue icon, compared to the pale icons for Writer documents and Calc spreadsheets. I use Openoffice as my default suite, so these are the icons I see in Explorer for all documents and spreadsheets.
Created attachment 4893 [details] Windows explorer screen capture of file icons
Various themes are being developed, for example, the ximian icon set. I feel that the acceptance and use of particular themes is subjective. Perhaps the opportunity to change themes/icon sets is appropriate. I feel that this issue is one that needs to be assigned to UI, if it is to be kept open. Please advise.
All I am trying to say is that the icon associated with each OO application in the file explorer should be very distinct in every way. One icon may be all blue, another all red, another all green and so on. The icon for writer may have a big W, the icon for Calc can have a big C etc. This way, even in the most casual browsing of a directory, every type of OO file will be very distinctly noticeable.
This is a real issue, and it affects the accessibility of OOo for visually impaired users as well as for normal users. A very clear set of icons with, for instance, a clear W for Writer, C for Calc, D for Draw, is needed.
reset priority to three, please explain the urgency of the issue
Well, I don't remember what I was thinking when I gave it the high priority. However, I believe that this is a distinct problem in OO that can be addressed relatively easily. P3 may be appropriate using the current priority scheme, but if there would be a way to prioritize issues on a cost-benefit basis, then this issue would definitely be a P1.
New icons in 2.0. Closing this.
closing