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I must admit, while nice, I never understand the upvotes for such icon collections? I'd expect that if you started using them, you'd inevitably quickly find tha
by Tichy 14y ago
I must admit, while nice, I never understand the upvotes for such icon collections? I'd expect that if you started using them, you'd inevitably quickly find that you miss some crucial icons, which you would then commission from the original creator. So these collections are merely ads?
I wish the artists all the best, just don't understand the HN appeal. (This is also not a "not HN material" post, it's a question, as these collections appear to be a recurring thing).
- cloverich 14y agoWould you complain if an open source code library were released that were not "complete"?
- Tichy 14y agoThe difference is that an icon library can probably only be completed by the initial designer, because all the icons should match in style.
- cloverich 14y agoNot really. I've seen plenty of extensions to the glyphicons released with Twitter Bootstrap that match the style. I use such an extension in one of my projects. I really don't see how design is different than a coding style in that aspect.
- goldfeld 14y agoWell, that kind of strengthens his point. Open source libraries are posted here all the time and few ever make the frontpage.
- jbigelow76 14y agoSometimes I'll upvote things, especially icon set which I don't have a need for right that second, as an ad-hoc bookmark so I can find it later under my "saved stories".
- leak 14y agoAnd this is why a "save story" feature should be added. I do this too and it's probably breaking the logic behind why upvote exists in the first place.
- goldfeld 14y agoBut isn't saving a story the ultimate form of upvote flattering? I'd also vote for it's existence, if only to be worth more than a mere upvote.
- Jare 14y agoI almost routinely upvote useful stuff that people create and then make available for others to use. It's almost universally positive stuff. Decent icon sets tend to be particularly useful to the more technically and less artistically oriented crowd on HN.