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Re:Please don’t theme our apps by JasonFruit on Saturday May 25, 2019 @08:47AM (#20008704)
> The icon theme displayed in the open letter is just garbage.

A lot of icon themes are pure garbage, or at least incomplete. I don't think the example chosen here is any worse than what I've seen on my own system. Honestly, most icon themes are a failure; visual metaphors are just plain hard, and there's no substitute for literacy.

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Re:Please don’t theme our apps by anoncake on Saturday May 25, 2019 @09:12AM (#20008831)
True. But what about the icon themes major distributions pick?
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Re:Please don’t theme our apps by JasonFruit on Saturday May 25, 2019 @09:17AM (#20008872)
That's fair; the major distributions usually choose better themes. There are also minor distributions, however…
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Re:Please don’t theme our apps by anoncake on Saturday May 25, 2019 @11:04AM (#20009432)
Minor distributions have a minor impact. And the few people who use them presumably do so because they like the weird choices the distributions make.
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