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[Sam Bull <fox_nceeob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd also like to point out that some of these icons don't even make
sense. A quote taken from http://asktog.com/atc/principles-of-
interaction-design/ :

"The inverse of skeuomorphism is abstraction, a prominent feature in so-
called flat design, a fashion that took hold in 2013, turning once well-
understood icons and other elements into meaningless abstractions and
even false symbols. (For example, the icon for the browser on the iPhone
became a compass, only connected to the concept of the web through the
vaguest of abstractions. The iPhone has an actual compass, so they
turned its icon into… another compass! Two compass icons: One tells you
which way is north and the other connects you to your bank account. The
Settings icon had originally looked like the inner workings of a clock,
clearly carrying the message that this is an app that will let you see
and affect the inside workings of the iPhone. That was abstracted to the
point that it looks exactly like a large industrial fan.)"

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Title:
  browser, settings and calculator icons too similar to another well
  known mobile O/S

Status in Camera App:
  New
Status in Calculator application for Ubuntu devices:
  New
Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  New
Status in Web Browser App:
  New
Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “unity8” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  The browser and system settings icons in image #165 looks extremely
  similar in both content and colour to another well-known mobile
  operating system.  IMHO they are also too busy

  Please can we change these to make them simpler and more uniquely
  Ubuntu.

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