GUI Icon Sets for Web Designers

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-free-and-useful-gui-icon-sets-for-web-designers/

by profquail • 17 years ago

47 12 17 years ago

taitems2• 17 years 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-de...

http://speckyboy.com/2008/07/28/96-best-ever-free-icon-sets-...

http://www.problogdesign.com/resources/30-best-free-icon-set...

http://www.webiconsets.com/

And the list goes on.

dbz2• 17 years 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.

taitems2• 17 years 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.

zmimon• 17 years 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.

jhancock• 17 years ago

I can't recall the last time I needed an icon. I need easy curved borders on divs and color palettes. But icons?

patio11• 17 years ago

Have you tested what attractive icons can do to conversion rates? I have. Suffice it to say that "free" is the last thing I need in an icon set, because whether they cost $25 or $500 if you use them well on an actual business you'll recoup the costs very, very quickly. (The difference between the stock Java icon set and one which was more appropriate to my users was 100% back in 2006. If for some reason you're using signup or download text links instead of buttons drop what you were planning to do today and make yourself a big,　obvious button.)

jonah• 17 years ago

They're free-as-in-beer, but double check the licenses before using them.

socillion• 17 years ago

I was a little surprised that the tango icon set was in the 'mini' section, considering it contains everything up to svg copies of the icons.

It seems free icons are somewhat unpopular around here. I mostly use them as application icons on my desktop, considering many of the *nix GUI apps don't have an icon, or even a logo.

GUI Icon Sets for Web Designers

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