The Tango Desktop Project aims to provide a consistent user experience for applications on different Linux desktop environments. With Tango, GNOME and KDE applications for example, will be visually much closer. The primary goal is to define the native look and feel for the Linux desktop without restricting users' desires to customize their desktops.

In the standards front, Tango implements Freedesktop.org's Standard Icon Naming Specification and Standard Icon Theme, allowing consistency across applications. There is an ongoing effort for supporting these specifications in different desktops, and by different iconsets and themes, such as KDE's oxygen iconset. Also, the Tango project is working on a common set of visual metaphors that are internationally acceptable.

In the implementation front, Tango project aims to create the default native look and Human Interface Guidelines for Open Source software with graphical user interfaces, providing standard icons and setting the style and guidelines for all application icons, regardless of the desktop platform or toolkit.

The Tango iconset was not officially adopted by either KDE or GNOME, as it is not yet their default iconset. Moreover, KDE's Oxygen Project, which aims to create the default native look for KDE 4, offers alternative standard icons, guidelines and style guide.

External links

• Tango project Official homepage
• Tango project aims to clean up the desktop article about Tango

Free desktop environments

Tango Desktop