[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 82309] Using large icons as default on windows

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82309

Adolfo Jayme <fito at libreoffice.org> changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Adolfo Jayme <fito at libreoffice.org> ---
Large icons were default in Linux only because GNOME made large icons bigger
(before the GNOME3 era, which dropped the concept from their app design), a
stupid “rationale” anyway. AOO doesn’t have that setting and defaults to small
everywhere.

We should switch to large if running in touch-screen systems, though.

> I would like to see that link about the GSoC code proposal

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=Development/GSoC/Ideas&oldid=88966#Improve_toolbars_in_LibreOffice

This proposal was about highligting important commands contextually. If you’ve
ever used OS X’s TextEdit or Calligra Office you’ll know what I mean.

Now that you mention it, I don’t know why that paragraph disappeared from the
current wiki page...

> It definitely isnt impossible, but if your at a higher resolution, it become

Again, HiDPI is unrelated to this! If LibreOffice adaptes (i.e. scales)
correctly for HiDPI screens, you will perfectly see a “small” icon, although a
bit blurry.

> Also another thing about ms word's ribbin UI, all buttons have labels,

Not true, look deeper...

In the end, I do not believe bigger icons will help an unrecognizable icon to
be recognizable, which was the rationale behind this report. Again, change the
icons to use a better metaphor, and then see if a random twitterer complains.

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