Icon Library

Five already? I’d wish to know how many blogs out there are actually using our icons, Can you raise hands?

This set includes “Add envelope”, “comment bullet”, “bullet question”, “right envelope”, “Share plus”, “Star” and comes in ICO, PNG and ICNS as usual.

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Ok, here we go again. This is our first icon of the year. Gino Sabata brings us this fiery, bizarre and fantastic icon set of… hmmm. Bowls. ) Icons in Dmg format.

Windows users should see our “Mac to Windows icon tutorial if in need.

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Check out the awesome texture and volume artist Greg Barnes applies to all his creations. The level of his work is clearly superb and worth your attention. 9 Icons in ICO and PNG format.

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To me, there is a fundamental mistake when “interaction” is considered the main goal in videogame testing. Interaction and entertainment are key factors, but the focus should be usability, as it encompasses the former. If you have good usability you can involve the player in emotions; Thus, create a successful game.

Bolt Peters and EA Software undertook a year long testing project for their much talked about game “Spore” with an usability approach in mind. Check this article by Nate Bolt and Tony Tulathimutte for the Boxes and arrows blog to find out all the details of their UX testing approach. Plenty of information and even videos are included. Fantastic post!

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What is a search box, other than a command line input? Don’t we ask Google what we want to find with defined words? Well, I just found this plug-in called “Ubiquity” from Mozilla labs that I think is the first step into a new age of browsing and information. The possibilities of something like this really blows your mind. Check it out. Thanks a lot to Ron Norman and his article for pointing me out in the right direction.

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What does Ego, Leverage and Simplicity have in common? They are a few of the steps that the founder of Digg Kevin Rose enumerates to achieve seven digit visitor success. Check out the video.

A new year, new clothes, new promises. Sometimes new year means a new design of your website. Well, redesign is a delicate issue not recommended for everyone, so if you are thinking on giving a new paintjob for your virtual home, you might benefit by reading these 5 useful tips by BIll Bonnefil for Digital Telepathy.

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Since the mighty return of Steve Jobs, Apple has become the main reference in marketing, design and innovation of this decade. Copying anything, no matter how good it is, is always a bit phony to me, but in case you insist in giving that apple touch to your web designs, here you can find some useful tutorials compiled by Dainis Graveris for “1st web designer”.

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Giving your web designs the ability to preload images is a huge help for the millions of users that don’t have a big fat internet access. Preloading is also very useful for image heavy websites like portfolios. Check out this article made by Jeff Starr for Perishable Press, were he shows us how to do it in three methods using CSS, Javascript and Ajax.

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One of Firefox’s undisputed strengths so far in the browser wars, is the good amount of plug-ins and extensions available for them. I personally use Hyperwords, and it has really changed the way I surf the net. Check this list of top extensions I found on Kumail H.T’s Blog where you can find from ad blockers to FTP.

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I’m really not the “theme” kind of guy, but I guess many of you readers do like to customize the User Interface of your applications. I surfed and found this good list of Firefox themes made by the people of Pelfusion. Enjoy it and tell us if you installed any.

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Microsoft is working from some time now on alternative ways to input commands and data to computers, (check project natal) and I just found out this video were they showcase this freaky new invention: muscle control. ???

TutorialZine is a great source of top notch tutorials for web designers. Browsing around, I found out this tut by Martin Angelov where he explains how to make this modern clock with Css and Jquery.

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When you are at the wire framing process of a project, you are confronted with a dilemma; If you sketch your wireframes with pen and paper, you will be faster, organic, and even more creative. But, in most of the cases not even your mama is going to recognize your writings and doodle’s. Traditional sketching can’t be reused nor escalated as easily as a digital element. On the other hand, if you turn to a digital wireframe, you might last too long making it, and maybe even loose the freedom of a traditional sketch. Aaron Travis made this very good article for the “Boxes and Arrows” blog where he discusses how to go somewhere in between the two methods.

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I can imagine plenty of interesting uses for this beautiful set made by Ian Reid. 7 icons in ICNS format.

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