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I'm a big fan of the SVG icons used in the Azure Portal. They're embedded directly into the HTML, so they're efficient. Their design is simple and looks good bo

I'm a big fan of the SVG icons used in the Azure Portal. They're embedded directly into the HTML, so they're efficient. Their design is simple and looks good both at small sizes and scaled up. They have a fairly consistent color scheme and "design language", making them easily recognisable. You can download the SVG files separately and embed them in design documents, preserving the high-quality vector art format! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/ Compare these to the AWS icon set, which are just lines on a single-color square: https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/

albert_e 4y ago
I have my own complaints with how AWS does their icons. however current icon set used by AWS is way better than the "3D" icons they had earlier I think having "lines on a square" can also be converted to SVG. In fact AWS page you linked does have an "Assets Package" download that included both PNG and SVG icons for both light and dark backgrounds. the "single-color square" is actually a gradient fill too -- whether that is better is subjective. I have always felt the need for an API that serves the correct icon in chosen resolution and format. we recently saw a HN post that argued that architecture diagrams should be code. this would be one necessary step towards that.