Why not use the default nautilus icon as the file manager icon?

[Mark]

oke that cleared it up.
thanx for the reply.


2007/4/19, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro>:
>
> Mark wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > i always press nautilus when i actually want to press kate or gedit
> > (asuming they are opened in the taskbar).. simply because they all have
> > almost the same look.
> > Nautilus comes with a good looking clean icon and even a .svg image so
> > why not use that one for the Echo icon theme?
>
> Let me quote from the GNOME HiG to explain why the default Nautilus icon
> is bad and is wise to replace it:
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/icons-design.html
>
> > Avoid name suggestive icons. Some icons, such as the Nautilus icon, do
> > not suggest the program's purpose, but instead suggest the program's
> > name. This is less desirable than a functionally suggestive icon,
> > because an extra layer of abstraction is added (rather than
> > associating file management with an icon representing files, they have
> > to associate file management with nautilus with an image of a
> > nautilus shell). Additionally it makes it difficult for new users who
> > may not know what "Nautilus" is, and hence will not recognize a shell
> > icon as the file manager.
>
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