Midori needs the 'Appearance' settings back.

[i]

Currently Midori's toolbar buttons have a lot of padding. Besides that, browsers have the location and search fileds on the toolbar so buttons need to be as small as possible without being too small.
So we can have the toolbar style set to 'Both' (text below icons) in general but we have to be able to set the browser to use only icons to save space.
Firefox/Chrome solve that by ignoring the DE settings and using only icons. I'm not sure but last time I use GNOME this could be set in Epiphany too.

I use Xfce and Midori needs this separate setting (which IIRC it used to have) to keep its usability.

[i (iiiiii-deactivatedaccount)]

Let me illustrate this.
Link below is a screenshot of just compiled Midori in a 1024x768 screen using Xfce:
http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-09192012-033116am.php

Now the same with 'Icons' (only) for the buttons:
http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-09192012-033300am.php

The improvement is evident!

Why not 'then just set "icon only" for all applications'?
Because the default setting of 'text below icons' is the best to correctly and quickly identify a button function but a web browser has specific needs, namely to maximize the area that displays the web page plus it's useful that the address bar has a reasonable size so the address isn't truncated from view.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

Part of being a native application means respecting desktop-wide settings. This is a feature, not a bug.

[Cris Dywan (kalikiana)]

There must've been some confusion here, the icon style can in fact be set in Midori (and this is a bloody hard, emotional topic not easy to discuss).

[i (iiiiii-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi Christian, I hadn't responded because I'm not even with a computer any more. But just to let you know, it isn't a matter of icon style. The issue is that one can't choose between having only the icons displayed (like ALL main browsers out there) or some button style (icon+text/horiz. or vert.) when there is a desktop-wide setting.
Clearly Daniel Fore didn't understand the reason for this bug report being opened as his reasoning for closing it has nothing to do with it.
It's a matter of basic usability that has nothing to do with 'having all the apps with the same button style'.

One wants just buttons *regardless of having some other combination set desktop-wide* in apps that one:
a) uses a lot so already knows well which button does what (regardless of the quality of the icons).
b) needs the toolbar to occupy the minimal space possible.

Those two reasons apply to Internet browsers.

Just my contribution for you 'elementary' team so you may think a bit more that aesthetics is just *part* of an optimal usability.

I won't be responding any more as I don't access the web much nowadays.

[Cris Dywan (kalikiana)]

Icon style in fact refers to the way buttons do or don't show text and the size. Not to confuse with icon theme which is the artwork.

If you don't see an option for it you're sitting on an old version.