Bug 372625

Summary: SUGGESTION: KATE More effective icon
Product: [Applications] kate Reporter: yereverluvinunclebert <dean.beedell>
Component: applicationAssignee: KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: wishlist CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
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Attachments: trial jpg for potential icon

Description yereverluvinunclebert 2016-11-18 13:07:41 UTC
Created attachment 102294 [details]
trial jpg for potential icon

The current icon that appears on the Windows taskbar is a little insipid, looking just like a beige box. It is difficult to identify and differentiate. 

It is also beige and has no intrinsic interest, it looks dull.

My suggestion is to place a small red 'K' onto the beige page.

It would make Kate's location on the Windows taskbar much more easy to find. When using the taskbar to navigate running applications I have been struggling to find the Kate Editor. In comparison to my previous editor, Context that I can find immediately due to having a similar icon to the one I have suggested for Kate.
Comment 1 Dominik Haumann 2017-12-06 21:58:30 UTC
I don't think we have the karma to accept this here: This should be discussed with the visual design group (VDG).
Forum: https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=285&sid=8d224b26596e315f410d3cd29b87abf8
Mailing List: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/visual-design 

Could you take this topic there?
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2017-12-06 22:01:55 UTC
Agreed, this is best done as a long-form discussion involving VDG, not a bug report. If and when there's some agreement about a different icon, then that should be opened as a new bug report. There's also the VDG Telegram channel: https://t.me/vdgmainroom