Monday, 25 April 2011

Icon Archive

Hey Guys,

A site you may all want to check out is Icon Archive

They host a lot of icon sets for different operating systems, all of which are free, and often supported directly by the artists who put them together. Just a really smart place to find icons.

Lets face it, Windows has particularly poor icons for most devices - Plug in your phone ... Oh... Alright, it looks like another Hard Disk - So this is a great place to go to pick up something to freshen up your devices and desktop!

Here's a few great sets which you should go check out:


App Icons by Arrioch - LINK

Rabbit Xp Icons by Flameia Design - LINK

 

Japanicons Icons by ZaKaR - LINK

 

Orbz Icons by Arrioch - LINK



Some of the sets out there look really great, and trust me make it a little more tolerable browsing around your computer!

Happy browsing guys, hope you find something you like :)

Mike.

44 comments:

  1. Good idea, I hate most of the Window's icons, they look like turds.

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  2. nice one! I like the Japanese icons one out of the ones you posted

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  3. i dont know how to install them :/ but Great idea :)

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  4. I like the Orbz and the App icons in the ones you posted, I'll keep them handy for when I bother changing my icons. I generally don't have stuff on my desktop though and I use some custom icons sporadically for some folders.

    I just can't be bothered changing all the icons, so much work. Still, thanks for linking to the site Mike, this might convince me to change my icons anyway.

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  5. I can change the icons on my computer!? I love being computer illiterate, because it means that this kind of thing amazes me.

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  6. Hi eraizer

    All you need to do is go to the shortcut to your application, hit properties, and go "Change Icon" - Very easy to accomplish

    If you want to change the icon for your harddrive, mp3 player etc, you need to turn on "view hidden files + system files" and a folder on the device will show up where you can change one.

    There are some in depth tutorials out there, and I may post one of those in the close future.

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  7. Hm...I'm fine with the standar icons, but yours look pretty anyway

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  8. Great site! I'm going to redesign my computer...

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  9. Great post, looking forward to finding a place for some of these.

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  10. I think that Ill redesign my computer as well.

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  11. Never thought about changing icons, but some of these look really good.

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  12. pretty cool, ive always thought the harddisk icon was ugly and uninspiring

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  13. I love this idea for a blog. Whenever I go looking for stuff like this, I have to wait through tons of shit. Following!

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  14. I'm glad someone thought up something different than the standard icons ...

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  15. That first icon pack is nice, gonna use some of them, ty

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  16. I've been using that site a lot lately although the idea of finding all the icons i want is a bit daunting. i know they come in packs and you can use an app to apply them but last time i tried it swallowed 4 hours of my time.

    still, really nice icons :)

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  17. now a how to guide to do this!

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  18. Checking it out, thx for sharing!

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  19. app icons look good gonna check it out

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  20. nice post thanks for the links i will be trying some of these out when im bored

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  21. nice posts man - i like the 2nd set of icons - I'm always looking for stuff to make my desk top more alive.

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  22. those are some nice icons, love the chrome one

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  23. Getting the block ones for my mac. Good job mate

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  24. greeat icon pack, thank you!

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  25. I changed half my icons on my desktop, now I have the hardest time finding most of my shortcuts hehe

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  26. Thanks dude, really helpful :D

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  27. A little bit of customizing is always welcome!

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  28. I've been looking for some new graphics. Thanks

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  29. Thanks, great icons, I can now customise my desktop!

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  30. I knew about that site. Interesting blog, I'll be following it!

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  31. love your blog! keep up the quality posts!

    utubed.blogspot.com

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  32. thanks! ive been looking for more icon themes

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  33. How do i install these packages?

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  34. These will make a nice change :)

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