[Bug 60424] Re: GTK default icons used in several places

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Hang on, the premise is wrong here. The HIGs can be a bit confusing in
some places, but nowhere do they say that "OK" and "Cancel" should be
abolished! It's true that "OK" should be replaced by more informative
text, if possible, in dialogs and in confirmation alerts. But "OK"
*must* be the text of the main button in an error alert or an
information alert, "Cancel" *should* be the text of the second button in
a dialog or a confirmation alert, and "Cancel" *should* be the text of
the button in a progress window whenever the operation can be properly
cancelled.

Personally I think none of these buttons should ever have icons, but as
long as they have any icon, the icon should look nice. I'm all in favor
of using ugliness during development to encourage developers to follow a
policy -- but first, make sure the policy actually exists. :-)

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GTK default icons used in several places
https://launchpad.net/bugs/60424