Maybe we can simply make new icons for the box icon theme, if there isn't a simple way to edit the icon size. But I think imagemagik can resize things... or at least I think that is what the packaging files use to make icons. If you could remember (or find) which ones caused problems, we could start a list of icons that are unruly, and work on getting some made up for the Box icon theme, so at least the programs in the repos wont look awful. I too remember installing some stuff for my kids that looked bad, too... but I can't remember what it was. I also remember some of the music programs I have used had weird icons. I am starting the list with the two programs I have installed currently that are larger than the usual size.
So here is the list so far: *Not in repos:* Greenfoot *in the Repos:* meterbridge alsamixergui (not too bad) On 12/16/2013 12:47 AM, Eric Bradshaw wrote: > I'd like to chime in with my agreement on the icon sizes in the menu > before the message below gets lost too far down in the shuffle. There > were certain games (and I believe maybe an educational app or two) I > had originally installed for my kids that I then removed specifically > because of icon size. It was more than just not aesthetically > pleasing; my kids would think (know?) there was something "wrong" with > the computer. > > If I hadn't been installing a slew of stuff at once (and none of them > were "must have" apps) - and my own kids were the only people I was > worried about installing for; I would've made my own icon (or at least > resized them) for these. I would think what you have to go through > sometimes for .desktop entry files and icon creation would be pretty > scary for a newcomer. Eric ------------------------------ Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 10:35:52 -0600 From: Israel > <israeld...@gmail.com> To: lubuntu user list > <lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: A few Lubuntu Menu things... > Message-ID: <52ac88e8.9050...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=ISO-8859-1 Hey everyone, there are a few issues I'd like to > address. The first is the Ubuntu SDK and the Core Apps that can be > installed. The menu does not show all the Core Apps. It does show the > browser, however. I cannot seem to find any of the other applications > (i.e. the calculator). I posted a bug about it, but as it received no > attention it expired... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1200780 The > second is the menu... when an app has a HUGE icon, the menu becomes > ridiculous. I have installed an app called Greenfoot, in hopes of > getting my kids into programming one day. The icon makes the menu take > up approximately 1/4 of the screen. I think there should be a way to > limit the size of icons in the menu, or force icons to display at a > standard size. There are ways to do this in the rules file for debian > packages when making them, so it seems like adding something to the > menu updating script could address this problem. I am not sure how to > do this, or if it is truly possible... but I figured I should post > something here, as there has been a lot of talk about converting > Windows users. And while these issues aren't show stoppers... having > an icon force the menu to take up a large part of the screen would > make the user feel like they are using a buggy OS, that lacks polish. > I know using the box icon theme will address this issue for most > available apps (thank you whoever made the penguin card game icons > look so much better... Rafael?), but Ubuntu is the most popular > GNU/Linux distro and so many third party apps make a deb package for > Ubuntu that can be downloaded and installed from their website (i.e. > Greenfoot). To be fair Unity also shows the greenfoot icon as a huge > blob, but it limits the size shown, and the issue is not present in > the side panel, only the dash when searching for it. People who come > to Lubuntu/Ubuntu will expect an experience similar to their previous > OS, so having something to convert icons to the appropriate size. > psuedocode: get(app.iconSize){ if (iconSize > maxIconSize) > {resize(iconSize);} else{return;} } > > -- Regards
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