Bug 135767

Summary: Change the icon for add contact
Product: [Unmaintained] kopete Reporter: Dragan Espenschied <drx>
Component: Main ApplicationAssignee: Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Dragan Espenschied 2006-10-16 21:04:39 UTC
Version:           0.12.2 (using KDE 3.5.2, Kubuntu Package 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.1 dapper)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.15-27-686

I am not really familiar with what can be considered "the" icon theme for Kopete. However, i am using Kubuntu and in Kopete 0.12.2, in the toolbar over the contact list, there is a button for "add contact" (with a huge plus). It shows a stylized person with a, how to say, quite Hitler-lookalike haircut. At least this is how Hitler is usually portrayed as a carricature or in a cartoon. The steep line of hair going down on the right side gives the icon an agressive touch.

Personally i find it funny -- how easy some pixels can give a wrong impression :) --, but i can imagine sooner or later somebody will be offended. 

I know "contact" icons showing stylized people can be a pain to design. The icons usually picture some WASP business men. -- Most people i add to my contacts are probably long-haired hippies. Maybe some more abstraction could do it.

This is a very low priority "bug" report.

Best greetings to all Kopete devs and keep up the good work!
Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2024-09-18 18:35:06 UTC
Dear user, unfortunately Kopete is no longer maintained.

Please migrate to another solution, e.g. for Jabber a possibility is Kaidan, for Matrix a candidate is NeoChat.