For years I (and many others AFAIK) preached that in linux distributions the symbol for an executable is a gear (even in mc and terminal the gear like * and x are used). And now you use a play-symbol in breeze for application-x-executable (and application-x-ms-dos-executable as symlink)? Which looks like it's meant to start a video player? That's more than irritating. Recently I was confronted with the question what all the video files in /bin are and why they aren't playable, e.g. the "cat" video... Though I had to laugh while trying to explain that the video play symbol now is the gear for executables (at least in Plasma 5) and that it's better not to click on those files without knowing what they might do, I have to admit I had and still have the same impression... For the sake of consistency can you please use a gear on the icon? And maybe something like a flag on the dos-exec icon (the im-msn icon in actions already looks like that)? To execute a file does not mean to play a file... Reproducible: Always
> For years I (and many others AFAIK) preached that in linux distributions the symbol for an executable is a gear (even in mc and terminal the gear like * and x are used). Well. That might have been the case before, certainly, not today. > That's more than irritating. Recently I was confronted with the question what all the video files in /bin are and why they aren't playable, e.g. the "cat" video... Recently I was confronted with the question what all the video files in /bin are and why they aren't playable, e.g. the "cat" video... Though I had to laugh while trying to explain that the video play symbol now is the gear for executables (at least in Plasma 5) and that it's better not to click on those files without knowing what they might do, I have to admit I had and still have the same impression... > For the sake of consistency can you please use a gear on the icon? And maybe something like a flag on the dos-exec icon (the im-msn icon in actions already looks like that)? To execute a file does not mean to play a file... I have found no gears inside any of my electronics. I understand it's legacy significance, but, like the floppy (which I hate now) I'll consider changing if it truly, and undeniable confuses the general public and not just the people who want to see a gear and nothing else but a gear. For the sake of consistency we don't use a gear except for icons in Kdevelop which also have this "play" symbol, in which case it was used for binaries because it means *run* and not "play". FYI, a gear icon is also used to mean configuration.
Hi Thanks for adding this bug. I think Uri already clearify why choosing the icon setting. In addition I do a lot of breeze work and I think with semantic breeze is much better than oxygen cause with monochrome icons you have to look more at the semantic. Sorry that I can't change the icon. we discuss at the icon group and in addition I don't want to change an 2 year old icon complete cause than I get another bug report cause of the change. Sorry