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I hate to complain, but I am so tired of these articles that just repost all the same old icon sets that have been out for years (or years in the digital sense)

by taitems 17y ago

I hate to complain, but I am so tired of these articles that just repost all the same old icon sets that have been out for years (or years in the digital sense). Every month a new one of these posts comes out, but with the same icon sets as every other post. Pet peeve. http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/21-best-icon-sets-for-designing-web-apps http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/21-best-icon-sets-for-de... http://speckyboy.com/2008/07/28/96-best-ever-free-icon-sets-for-web-designers-developers-and-bloggers/ http://speckyboy.com/2008/07/28/96-best-ever-free-icon-sets-... http://www.problogdesign.com/resources/30-best-free-icon-sets-for-bloggers/ http://www.problogdesign.com/resources/30-best-free-icon-set... http://www.webiconsets.com/ http://www.webiconsets.com/ And the list goes on.

dbz 17y ago
I don't think you are complaining. I see a site like this every few weeks, and even though the icons are different, the majority are also just plain and not-unique. A site that was full of unique icons would be interesting. Basically, I have no idea who would use the majority of those icons. Most look completely useless as a set, and that's the problem. If one were to use icons on his or her site, most likely he or she actually wants them to look good. I find it hard to believe the majority of those icons could ever be used on a good looking site. ~It is almost as if the creators made the icons to show that they could make icons.
- taitems 17y ago
  The icon set "Fugue" is my favourite. It has over 2000 icons and can easily be edited, layered etc. I have built an entire web application around them. But yes, I agree.
  - dbz 17y ago
    Well to be honest I saw an icon set one time that was so artistically brilliant (don't ask what that means) that I HAD to use them for something, thus I made an application just for the icons. I'm not saying the icons are completely useless, but to use them, you have to have the application centered around the design of the icons! ~Which, in my opinion, is not how I want to start a website, or a project. I want a good idea and then apply the correct design and layout, but it's not important. Doing what we did is fun, even though it may not be very practical in all cases.
  - wenbert 17y ago
    Thanks for this. Google returned this: http://pinvoke.com/ http://pinvoke.com/ It is a very complete set.
  - assemble 17y ago
    Those are awesome, much nicer than the icons I was using before. Thanks!
  - mcastner 17y ago
    I like Fugue a lot as well. It's also CC-By Attribution which is a very easy license to work with.
zmimon 17y ago
I'm tired of seeing "free" icon sites where the icons are only "free" if you do something obscene like post ads for the icon site on your page. If anyone knows of any actual free as in BSD / ASF licensed or similarly licensed icons then that would interest me.

by taitems 17y ago

dbz 17y ago

I don't think you are complaining. I see a site like this every few weeks, and even though the icons are different, the majority are also just plain and not-unique. A site that was full of unique icons would be interesting. Basically, I have no idea who would use the majority of those icons. Most look completely useless as a set, and that's the problem. If one were to use icons on his or her site, most likely he or she actually wants them to look good. I find it hard to believe the majority of those icons could ever be used on a good looking site. ~It is almost as if the creators made the icons to show that they could make icons.

taitems 17y ago
The icon set "Fugue" is my favourite. It has over 2000 icons and can easily be edited, layered etc. I have built an entire web application around them. But yes, I agree.
- dbz 17y ago
  Well to be honest I saw an icon set one time that was so artistically brilliant (don't ask what that means) that I HAD to use them for something, thus I made an application just for the icons. I'm not saying the icons are completely useless, but to use them, you have to have the application centered around the design of the icons! ~Which, in my opinion, is not how I want to start a website, or a project. I want a good idea and then apply the correct design and layout, but it's not important. Doing what we did is fun, even though it may not be very practical in all cases.
- wenbert 17y ago
  Thanks for this. Google returned this: http://pinvoke.com/ http://pinvoke.com/ It is a very complete set.
- assemble 17y ago
  Those are awesome, much nicer than the icons I was using before. Thanks!
- mcastner 17y ago
  I like Fugue a lot as well. It's also CC-By Attribution which is a very easy license to work with.

zmimon 17y ago

I'm tired of seeing "free" icon sites where the icons are only "free" if you do something obscene like post ads for the icon site on your page. If anyone knows of any actual free as in BSD / ASF licensed or similarly licensed icons then that would interest me.