A less cluttered desktop

[Matthias Clasen]

On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 10:53 -0400, Will Woods wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 17:56 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > In anticipation of the corresponding upstream change, I have just built
> > a change to the GConf schemas in libgnome to not show icons in menus and
> > buttons by default anymore. 
> > 
> > This change may take a little while to get used to, but I hope that most
> > people will come around and appreciate the less cluttered desktop.  
> > 
> > 
> > Feedback appreciated.
> 
> I bet the first question people will ask is:
> 
> "But how do I turn them back on? I LOVE THE MENU ICONS SO MUCH!"
> 
> So probably this will need a release note that explains how to turn it
> back on if desired. I'm guessing that's:
> 
> System->Preferences->Appearance, Interface tab, "Show icons in menus"
> 
> Is that right?

Yes, that is right.
 
There is no checkbox for the button icons right now, but there are gconf
keys for both:

/desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons
/desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons

I will see if I can get that into the release notes.