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6 Responses to “Application icon sets”

1. Bram Pitoyo Says:
   December 27th, 2005 at 9:19 am

   Apple Human Interface Guidelines: Icon

   Here’s the Icon section on the Apple Human Interface Guidelines. In my opinion, Microsoft does it as good as Apple did in terms of specifying the details — suprisingy. The only question left is that why Microsoft’s real world design practice, especially by third-party publishers, were not as unified as Apple’s?

   Anyways, I hope the link helps you.

   - Bram Pitoyo

2. Marco Says:
   December 30th, 2005 at 8:13 am

   I totally aggree with you. It seems like most Windows applications don’t follow the guidelines
   Cheers,
   Marco

3. Marco Koch Says:
   January 2nd, 2006 at 10:55 am

   A nice free collection of website icons can be found at the FamFamFam.com webpage.

4. User Interface Blog Says:
   January 27th, 2006 at 2:40 pm

   Icon Usability…

   Most icons in today applications are not very descriptive for the task they represent. As example have a look at application icons for a web browser. Internet Explorer’s icon is the letter E graphically designed, Firefox is a fox on a planet and …

5. pcolley Says:
   January 28th, 2006 at 5:01 am

   Hey just landed here from Google groups. I agree with Bram, and I have seen some very nice cross platform icons. Could be companies developing Mac-centric apps are more concerned about UI aesthetics because of their target markets? I would add, it is deceptively hard to make a set of icons that are meaningful, much less slick looking, when working on anything but the simplest of apps.

6. James P Says:
   October 7th, 2006 at 1:38 am

   I looked every for icons, these guys seem the cheapest:

   http://www.davbo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=48

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