[Bug 1036502] [NEW] Change of icon set

[Bhaavan Merchant]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu should move away from Tango, to a flat, monochromatic and sharper
icon set. The Tango icons have gradients adding an overhead of visual
complexity. The flat icons in the top Ubuntu panel look good, and ubuntu
must have similar icons across.

This seems to be an accepted modern trend, with even Windows 8 adopting
flat monochromatic icons for windows 8.

Such icons are visually clean and more obvious and hence less confusing.

Also in line with Ubuntu's goal to deliver on par performance on devices
of all form factors, I doubt how Tango will behave on small devices with
lower dpi and also on high dpi like the retina. Flat icons should be
much more consistent across all screens.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.267
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 14 11:16:22 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-08-06 (8 days ago)

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity

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Title:
  Change of icon set

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu should move away from Tango, to a flat, monochromatic and
  sharper icon set. The Tango icons have gradients adding an overhead of
  visual complexity. The flat icons in the top Ubuntu panel look good,
  and ubuntu must have similar icons across.

  This seems to be an accepted modern trend, with even Windows 8
  adopting flat monochromatic icons for windows 8.

  Such icons are visually clean and more obvious and hence less
  confusing.

  Also in line with Ubuntu's goal to deliver on par performance on
  devices of all form factors, I doubt how Tango will behave on small
  devices with lower dpi and also on high dpi like the retina. Flat
  icons should be much more consistent across all screens.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.267
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Aug 14 11:16:22 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-08-06 (8 days ago)

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