Icon Themes

[Andrew Conkling]

Some time ago (probably on Mon, 22 Nov 2004 06:04:20 -0700)
Paul Bucalo <pmbuc at spymac.com> had occasion to say the following:
> 
> Andrew, I am a bit confused with what you wrote here and what I can
> see on my own system. What are the UI Icon Themes for? No matter which
> Icon Theme I choose in the XFce UI, I get the same results (I'm
> gessing the hicolor and/or Rodent themeset). I have
> downloaded/installed some new themes from http://art.gnome.org/(Thank
> you!), and I can change Panel Icons. So, what's the point of having UI
> Icon Themes if they can't be changed by the user? Am I missing
> something obvious?:0/ 

Paul,
Well, take another GTK app--gVim, media players, Xchat, Rox, the
Xfce menu, xf*, etc--all use icons.  The GTK icon theme is meant to
replace the standard icons so that these programs have a different look.
 Rodent and hicolor are not different in any way I know (though one may
be SVG and the other PNG).  You need to try a sufficiently different
icon set to notice a difference across your apps.  Like I suggested to
Bob, try Amaranth, Crux, Nuvola, etc. to get a taste for what they do.

HTH,
Andrew