This way, when theming is implemented, the icons and the theme will both match the user's desktop environment. It's more complicated than just implementing Tango, but visually it makes more sense.
I totally agree. Of course hardcoding visuals isn't nearly so cool as doing them "properly", but right now that's what we've got - and these hardcoded visuals are even being "upgraded", so if they're being upgraded then wouldn't it be better to upgrade in the direction of some kind of a standard?
At least in the past the visuals sort-of looked consistent with Windows 98. Now they don't look consistent with anything. Don't get me wrong: the new icons I see aren't specially bad - it's just that they don't fit with anything else.
I wonder if we can fix this.
Best Regards Joel Holdsworth