Fast reactions to 2.7.8

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On 2018-03-27 11:15, Geert Janssens wrote:
> Op dinsdag 27 maart 2018 18:44:38 CEST schreef Stan Brown:
>> (1) Not a fan of the toolbar showing icons without words. I _hate_ an
>> interface where you have to hover over every single icon until you can find
>> the one you want.
>>
> Not a fan of _hate_ (stress markers included) statements...
> 
>> Many programs offer "words only", "icons only", and "icons and words" as
>> choices. I couldn't find anything like that. Please add it.
> 
> It used to be there in the 2.4 series. I have removed it for 2.6 and up 
> because I don't think this should be an application level setting. It should 
> be a system level preference and in addition is strongly influenced by the 
> human interface guidelines on that platform.


This isn't always an OS level item.  It really depends on the complexity
of the software.  For example, the mainstream browsers are capable of
switching modes for the buttons/text for themselves.  LibreOffice is
similar, you can customize the toolbars with icon, text or both.

For some OSes, the window manager does not have this kind of control at
all (e.g.  Windows) so it makes no sense to query the OS for a
preference that doesn't exist.