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human-icon-theme package

[Karmic] ugly ethernet Icon

Bug #425935 reported by Dereck Wonnacott on 2009-09-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #423167: Ethernet icon looks wrong in Default theme. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	human-icon-theme (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Wishlist	Kenneth Wimer	Ubuntu karmic-alpha-6

Bug Description

The tray icon for network manager when connected to a wired network is just plain ugly in karmic.

While I am very familiar with the shape of the solid black RJ-45 port as a technologist, my grandfather is not and it really has no meaning to him.

I think a better icon would show the connector, rather than the port, as well as a segment of 'wire'.

I rather like wicd's icon.

Related branches

lp:human-icon-theme

lp:ubuntu/lucid/human-icon-theme

Dereck Wonnacott (dereck) on 2009-09-07

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Ubuntu Artwork Development (ubuntu-art-dev)
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
milestone:	none → karmic-alpha-6
assignee:	Ubuntu Artwork Development (ubuntu-art-dev) → Ubuntu Artwork Team (ubuntu-art)

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Eddie Hung (eddieh) wrote on 2009-09-07:

Agreed, I thought the icon we have at the moment was a black ghost with six eyes from pac-man, and it was only when I got a notification from NM showing the whole image that I realised it wasn't ...

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Vish (vish) wrote on 2009-09-09:

Could someone check out the ethernet icon in Humanity , We have done an icon which addresses this issue.

If need be, we could make one to match Human icon theme too.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Vish (vish) on 2009-09-13

affects:

network-manager (Ubuntu) → human-icon-theme (Ubuntu)

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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-09-17:

It's absolutely horrid looking.

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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-09-17:

humanity-network-notifications.png Edit (37.5 KiB, image/png)

I can only see the notification icons from humanity. I attached a picture.

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Dave M (davenoto) wrote on 2009-09-18:

Dereck I really like your attitude (noting your grandfathers point of view), that's what is missing from a few developers.
Actually, is there a kind of group who cares about basic usability principles?

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TonyKnott (tonyknott-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-09-22:

Furthermore, I'm not sure if an *empty* connector is adequate to express the *connected* state.

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Mat Tomaszewski (mat.t.) wrote on 2009-09-23:

This icon was never meant to make it into the release. It was never approved and never preferred.

Ken Wimer is working on reverting to the previous icon.

Changed in human-icon-theme (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → In Progress
assignee:	Ubuntu Artwork Team (ubuntu-art) → Kenneth Wimer (kwwii)
status:	In Progress → Confirmed
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-03-31:

This bug was fixed in the package human-icon-theme - 0.36

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human-icon-theme (0.36) lucid; urgency=low

  * Fixing naming issues with some of the new xdg directory icons
  * Replacing current network-wired icon with older version (lp: #425935)
  * Renaming gpm icons from -primary- to -battery- (lp: #383274)
  * Adding proper copyright file
  * Removing notification icons
-- Kenneth <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:15:50 +0200