Idea #1440: Tango-based icon theme for the next release

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Written by monreal the 29 Feb 08 at 14:31. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

Description

Many projects related to Ubuntu are using the Tango icon guidelines: GNOME, Gimp, F-spot, OpenOffice, Firefox 3... just to name a few.

Currently Ubuntu's default icon theme is Human, which in turn is not based on the Tango Guidelines. This means that applications are not integrated into the lock and feel of the whole system as well as they could. Also, Human is not 100% complete, so it still uses some Tangoish icons from GNOME. This leads to a mix of Human, Tango and Old-GNOME look.

Ubuntu should provide a minimal Tango-based theme which just replaces some of the very visible icons, like folders for example. For the rest, either the GNOME or Tango icon theme can be used as a fallback. This way, Ubuntu would keep a special branding but very much improve the overall visual consistency of the OS.

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frandavid100 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 14:56

Completely agreed.

6205 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:37

Me too...

neon wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 21:45

I love the new Gimp icon.

meepmeep wrote on the 10 Mar 08 at 16:28

Agree 100%,

Currently the icon mishmash is a total mess and looks cheap

jrusinek wrote on the 21 Mar 08 at 23:22

I don't use and like Ubuntu, but I always liked Tango! style.

elle.uca wrote on the 22 Mar 08 at 12:04

Better use "GNOME" icon theme as fallback, currently it's more complete then Tango

monreal wrote on the 1 Apr 08 at 15:56

Btw, we already have two nice Tango-based themes that integrate nice with Ubuntu: Tangerine and Discovery¹. I'm not saying we should use either of them as the default, but they are both good examples how the basic Ubuntu look still works using the Tango guidelines.

[1] http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=69950

cpinnell wrote on the 13 May 08 at 10:58

I agree

futwick wrote on the 28 May 08 at 16:23

sudo apt-get install tango-icon-theme

epritchett wrote on the 29 May 08 at 16:31

Monreal,

I agree they shouldn't be used as the default, but I do think we need more tango icon based themes installed by default. You can find some more on jimmac's page here:

http://people.freedesktop.org/~jimmac/icons/

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