Hi all,
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 11:33:28 -0600
> From: Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)scrye.com>
> To: xfce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: Icons in Xfce Menu
> Message-ID: <20121005113328.47ef85a1(a)jelerak.scrye.com>
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> Yeah, sorry I missed this thread.
>
> It's default that way in 4.10.
>
> I think to allow menus to map faster...
>
> Do people feel strongly about changing the default?
> Adding icons it will make the menus slower and use more memory.
>
> I personally don't feel too strongly about it one way or the other,
> but tend to just want to follow upstream where sensible. ;)
Disabling the icons in the menu does not really make it load faster,
even on low-spec machines (I have tried that on an old single-core Atom).
Icons are a good help for finding items in menus. I most often refer to
menu position and icon when I am opening menu entries I already know.
For someone who does not know what a program name means, icons are also
a good orientation.
I agree with you that following upstream is a good idea in general, but
not in this case. This is a position I share with nearly all other Xfce
Distros that ship 4.10. I personally know not one which disables icons
in menus.
Greets
Marcus