Comments on: Your chance to speak out: Icondesigner.net multi-platform icons?

By: gyurisc

gyurisc — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:10:58 +0000

it would be very coo, if you can do multiplatform icons. Would you design icons for Windows as well?

By: Felipe

Felipe — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:54:44 +0000

If it’s not to much work to package the icons for other OS’es (which I guess is not), what do you fear?
It can only enlarge the ‘audience’ :)
If ‘glossy’ or ‘macish’ icon themes like nuoveXT or Snowish are successfull for Linux, why shouldn’t people care about your icons?
I don’t think Vista users will be a big audience …they will likely want to go their own ways because they’re not into macish designs at all. They’ve got all they need with Aqua …eer ..I mean Aero ;)
I’d go for multi-platform icons – it can’t hurt :)

By: sebastiaan

sebastiaan — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:09:13 +0000

It’s true that (mostly Praetorian) the icons use some degree of ‘gloss’. I am pushing for a more ‘diffused’ look as you can see in the Preview replacement icon, and Praetorian has different icon states (which complicate the design – but hey, that’s going to be very clear soon with the beta).

Thanks for the input, I have obviously considered multiple formats when I started but as you said, I consider my ‘target audience’ to be Mac users.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:31:07 +0000

You seem focused on the Mac, so why not stay that way?

I’ve looked at some of your icon/graphic work. Much of it (wireshark/praetorian) seems very “glassy”. Remind me more of Vista than Mac OS X.

When I look at my Dock, the majority of my icons are colourful and “shiny”, rather than dark and glassy.