Yes, I think the old ones are more simple; visually they might even look better. On the other hand I think these new ones are more descriptive, that is also very important.
On the other hand, the old ones do not need to be very descriptive when they have text shown with them (not just in the ALT). But to me, if you dont want text with the icons the new ones are better just for being more descriptive. So, if I have to chose within icons (that have no text) I would chose the new ones I made... the only way I would not care as much if they are the old ones is if the text is with them as in these []
http://www.amdragon.com/w3timages/oldicons2.gif[/] (that having text you take care for the lack of being a descriptive image).
In any case, I guess you could just let the admins choose the ones they like most. Distribute the 3 choices.
But I think the reason for moving apart from the buttons with text was so that they were less English language dependant... or not?
Choices... choices... []/test2images/icons/wink.gif[/]
By the way, I would change the greyed out "*" ALT text to its actual text.
Mateo Byler
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