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Composer template

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I was thinking - for the composer templates, instead of having text/ascii symbols in front of each action (e.g. ? Table of Contents, ? How to edit this template, + Add a piece to this composer page etc), we could use famfamfam icons (http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/) to replace them; if the famfamfam icons are too flashy/coloured, we could alter them to suit IMSLP's theme.

Sounds good? Or does anyone prefer the text ones?
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Being a curmudgeonly old so-and-so, I will give the entirely predictable reaction of: yuck!

What's wrong with text?

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=P

I think images look more eye-candy, and thus more friendly to the average user. As I said, we could change the colours to fit IMSLP, I wouldn't suggest we put flashing pink, bright green and dark blue with the existing templates..

Although actually - stripy pink sounds good.. >_>
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I prefer text myself.
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If I may be so bold, ëye-candy doesn't look as scholarly as text.
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If I may be italic (pun-pun!), I think most of ours users are not scholars, but probably amateur musicians, or students.
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jujimufu wrote:If I may be italic (pun-pun!), I think most of ours users are not scholars, but probably amateur musicians, or students.
Is that supposed to mean that they can't read?

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