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I certainly prefer the larger icons, but I question whether or not the big icon should be on the button. An icon on a button should usually indicate what the button will do, not what the current state is.
I would suggest having the icon grouped with the string "Your Private folder is currently...", and have the button to (un)lock as a separate entity with some space separating them. Of course this doesn't preclude the big icon _also_ acting as a button to (un)lock, maximising the clickable area for those that know about it, but it makes it clearer that the icon is showing the current state, rather than the projected result of clicking the button.
My original suggestion for a UI was to create a Gnome panel applet for (un)locking the Private folder, and ideally for there to be integration into Nautilus and the Open/Save dialogue. Unfortunately I'm not able to code any of this myself, and Mike was good enough to step up with the current application. It may not be ideal, but until someone writes something more appropriate it's better than no UI at all.
As for Nautilus integration, I raised this on the wiki and was informed that the current implementation of encrypted Private directories is being handled by the Server Team, who have no remit for anything other than command-line implementations. I therefore filed an issue in Launchpad specifically relating to Nautilus integration: https:/
The position on that issue is that the Desktop Team has no resources available to work on this, so it should be filed upstream. I haven't yet done this, so feel free to open an upstream bug if you wish.