Where do icons come from?

What makes MS products such a great success?

Memi.Reflection — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:33:00 GMT

re: Where do icons come from?

Jeff — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 13:08:00 GMT

Actually, those kinds of microphones are still frequently used, but instead of having a desk stand they're used on some kind of boom support. Check any radio station.

re: Where do icons come from?

Sean — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 13:16:00 GMT

Fair enough. Still -- the icon on the side of my laptop has a stand (as if it sits on a desk), and besides, what percentage of the laptop-using population frequents radio stations? :)

Mommy, where do icons come from?

Alex Moskalyuk Weblog — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:22:00 GMT

In case you ever wondered where the Windows icons come from, justsean has an MSDN blog explaining the icon creation process. He's been involved in designing the new wireless icon, while also providing an example of what was there before...

re: Where do icons come from?

Thomas Williams — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:00:00 GMT

Wow Sean, I had no idea so much work goes into icon design, well so much that's thinking and planning and not just drawing...thanks for the great read!

Has anyone ever told you to just use a particular icon, even though it wasn't the best choice?

re: Where do icons come from?

Sean — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:17:00 GMT

Absolutely. In fact, for the most part, we don't spend this much time on most icons. Generally, we just re-use icons from other parts of the system. If I need a refresh icon, there is a well-designed refresh icon available for me to use. You can think of the icons as a vocabulary, or a toolset that the design team can use. For wireless we didn't have the right "tools" to use, so we decided to invest the time to create the base wireless tool instead of modifying others.

So now, if I need an icon for "search for wireless networks", I can easily create one because there's an icon for "Search" and one for "Wireless". Five minutes later, they're combined into a single icon that represents "search for wireless network."

Where do icons come from?

TrackBack — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:22:00 GMT

"Why Software Sucks"... Sigh.

Bit-cycling — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:46:14 GMT

Okay. Major disclaimer: I develop software. I've designed many a piece of UI that makes me cringe to

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