status-declined This is not an implementation issue. We believe there is value in keeping the elements used for key interactions consistent across the sites. You don't interact with badges, so we thought that was an area we could give on.

#Just so we're clear...

Custom badge icons are staying, but custom upvote/downvote icons are gone...despite both being defined by the same image resource?

I can understand a desire to have these be "standardized," but these small details go a long way towards making a site feel like it has its own feel. I'm constantly amused by the up/down vote button's styling on Money.SE: They're little stock chart graph things (I'm sure there's a name for them).

Telling a site "look, you can only change part of this SVG. These bits are off limits" makes no sense.

Unless you've removed them from this resource entirely, to which I ask: why? It clearly wasn't motivated by the cost savings aspect that the new theme push is based off of. Having to remove it from the theme-SVG and refactor it elsewhere took development time that obviously could have been Not Done and let sites keep the flair (i.e., it literally cost more money to remove than to keep).

I am disappointed.

status-declined This is not an implementation issue. We believe there is value in keeping the elements used for key interactions consistent across the sites. You don't interact with badges, so we thought that was an area we could give on.

Just so we're clear...

Custom badge icons are staying, but custom upvote/downvote icons are gone...despite both being defined by the same image resource?

I can understand a desire to have these be "standardized," but these small details go a long way towards making a site feel like it has its own feel. I'm constantly amused by the up/down vote button's styling on Money.SE: They're little stock chart graph things (I'm sure there's a name for them).

Telling a site "look, you can only change part of this SVG. These bits are off limits" makes no sense.

Unless you've removed them from this resource entirely, to which I ask: why? It clearly wasn't motivated by the cost savings aspect that the new theme push is based off of. Having to remove it from the theme-SVG and refactor it elsewhere took development time that obviously could have been Not Done and let sites keep the flair (i.e., it literally cost more money to remove than to keep).

I am disappointed.

#Just so we're clear...

Custom badge icons are staying, but custom upvote/downvote icons are gone...despite both being defined by the same image resource?

I can understand a desire to have these be "standardized," but these small details go a long way towards making a site feel like it has its own feel. I'm constantly amused by the up/down vote button's styling on Money.SE: They're little stock chart graph things (I'm sure there's a name for them).

Telling a site "look, you can only change part of this SVG. These bits are off limits" makes no sense.

Unless you've removed them from this resource entirely, to which I ask: why? It clearly wasn't motivated by the cost savings aspect that the new theme push is based off of. Having to remove it from the theme-SVG and refactor it elsewhere took development time that obviously could have been Not Done and let sites keep the flair (i.e., it literally cost more money to remove than to keep).

I am disappointed.

status-declined This is not an implementation issue. We believe there is value in keeping the elements used for key interactions consistent across the sites. You don't interact with badges, so we thought that was an area we could give on.

#Just so we're clear...

Custom badge icons are staying, but custom upvote/downvote icons are gone...despite both being defined by the same image resource?

I can understand a desire to have these be "standardized," but these small details go a long way towards making a site feel like it has its own feel. I'm constantly amused by the up/down vote button's styling on Money.SE: They're little stock chart graph things (I'm sure there's a name for them).

Telling a site "look, you can only change part of this SVG. These bits are off limits" makes no sense.

Unless you've removed them from this resource entirely, to which I ask: why? It clearly wasn't motivated by the cost savings aspect that the new theme push is based off of. Having to remove it from the theme-SVG and refactor it elsewhere took development time that obviously could have been Not Done and let sites keep the flair (i.e., it literally cost more money to remove than to keep).

I am disappointed.

#Just so we're clear...

Custom badge icons are Staying but custom Up/Down vote icons are Gone...despite both being defined by the same image resource?

I can understand a desire to have these be "standardized," but these small details go a long way towards making a site feel like it has its own feel. I'm constantly amused by the up/down vote button's styling on Money.SE: They're little stock chart graph things (I'm sure there's a name for them).

Telling a site "look, you can only change part of this SVG. These bits are off limits" makes no sense.

Unless you've removed them from this resource entirely, to which I ask: why? It clearly wasn't motivated by the cost savings aspect that the new theme push is based off of. Having to remove it from the theme-SVG and refactor it elsewhere took development time that obviously could have been Not Done and let sites keep the flair (ie. it literally cost more money to remove than to keep).

I am disappointed.

#Just so we're clear...

Custom badge icons are staying, but custom upvote/downvote icons are gone...despite both being defined by the same image resource?

I can understand a desire to have these be "standardized," but these small details go a long way towards making a site feel like it has its own feel. I'm constantly amused by the up/down vote button's styling on Money.SE: They're little stock chart graph things (I'm sure there's a name for them).

Telling a site "look, you can only change part of this SVG. These bits are off limits" makes no sense.

Unless you've removed them from this resource entirely, to which I ask: why? It clearly wasn't motivated by the cost savings aspect that the new theme push is based off of. Having to remove it from the theme-SVG and refactor it elsewhere took development time that obviously could have been Not Done and let sites keep the flair (i.e., it literally cost more money to remove than to keep).

I am disappointed.