#13 Ugly and Confusing Menu Icon

[rugby471]

This bug has been reported here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scim/+bug/321555

The SCIM menu icon is ugly, confusing and looks out of place. It should be replaced with a newer icon, but also one that represents what SCIM does (ie. a button with a foreign character on it).

Attached is a replacement for data/pixmaps which replaces:

http://is.gd/hpZ7
for
http://is.gd/hpZy

The new icon is better, as it represent a button on a keyboard, but also has a foreign character on it, symbolizing what SCIM does.

Also attached is a patch which changes extras/setup/scim-setup.desktop.in to use the accessories-character-map icon from the gnome-icon-theme. It is better to use this, rather than the icon in data/pixmaps, because the icon can then resize if featured on a menu with icons larger than 32x32 (default).

[rugby471]

New, Better Icon

[rugby471]

Patch for extras/setup/scim-setup.desktop.in

[ryo-dairiki]

This is not a "Bug Report", so I'll move this to "Feature Request".
And, please post a notice to the scim-devel-list.
I cannot change the design of icons without developers' agreement.

[Rolf]

As I mentioned in the LP tracker, I don't think this is an improvement, but rather a step back.

1) I believe I've seen a very similar icon for a keyboard configuration tool or some other app -> potential for confusion
2) á is not a good representation of what scim does. That character is usually input without any IME

+1 for the idea
-1 for the current implementation

[Rolf]

I quite like the icon from the Humanity theme in Ubuntu, even though it clearly isn't perfect (it shows a Japanese character when scim is broader, it has no real reference to scim). I think it's still an improvement over the current situation.