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[Tyler R.]

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Well it's about frickin' time!!! Those grey folders are so outdated and ugly looking. Hmm...not that these are really any better, but it's a start. To be honest they look like they belong in Ubuntu.


This is what it was before:

[sean.ferguson]

Those are slightly more fresh looking. I generally change my icons when I install a system irrespective of the WM/DE

[xorangekiller]

I hate the current GNOME folder icons. The new ones look soooo much better!

[Growled]

That certainly looks much better. Now if they will improve functionally along with it, things will be fine.

[+SharpGreen]

Doesn't really seem likely they did much of anything, other than changing the color.

[AR556]

...They're using color? Won't that overcomplicate the user experience???

[Mindovermaster]

I do hope that was sarcasm....

[Mohitster]

SharpGreen, on 12 March 2013 - 00:52, said:

Doesn't really seem likely they did much of anything, other than changing the color.

Exactly my thoughts. Nothing much to see here. Nothing radical about the change. Could have done so much more.

[ingramator]

These look much better but still horrible

[The_Decryptor]

Wow, I didn't realise how much the Gnome file browser looks like the OS X finder these days, that's not really that good an inspiration to copy from (The Finder is a horrible app)

What's next, are they going to remove the ability to merge folders or "cut" files? because the Finder can't do that either.

[AR556]

Mindovermaster, on 12 March 2013 - 03:09, said:

I do hope that was sarcasm....

Yes it was.

[.Neo]

The new folder icons look like a nice improvement, but don't really fit the rest of the interface. They look nicer than the Ubuntu ones in my opinion and yeah the current GNOME folders do look incredibly dated.

The_Decryptor, on 12 March 2013 - 04:01, said:

Wow, I didn't realise how much the Gnome file browser looks like the OS X finder these days, that's not really that good an inspiration to copy from (The Finder is a horrible app)

Shhhhht you're not allowed to say such things around here! Anyway! Since Apple rewrote Finder in Cocoa I honestly don't have much of an issue with it and never really understood the perpetual hate some feel towards it. Sometimes it's like Finder suffers from the Internet Explorer Syndrome. Since Mac OS X Panther I always liked its clean appearance, as such I think Gnome's file manager looks pretty nice as well.

[+remixedcat]

Still poopy brown instead of the nicer yellower folder in windows 7/8

[tiagosilva29]

AR556 said:

...They're using color? Won't that overcomplicate the user experience???

I'm using the High Contrast mode, so I don't care.

[firey]

remixedcat, on 13 March 2013 - 11:32, said:

Still poopy brown instead of the nicer yellower folder in windows 7/8

And Vista... either way though, very few people use stock icons anyways I am sure.