Interesting Critique Of Icons

Written by Jeffro On May 10, 2008 | Category Of Post (Cool Stuff, Icons) | 2,412 views | |

300 Icons From 1800 Sites

Ro London of intersmash.com has published quite the icon critique. As a way of studying design, contrast and merely for comparison, Ro collected at least 300 icons from 1800 major websites. These websites consisted of major online retailers, Fortune 1000 companies and well known blogs. The icon groups range from arrows, to posts, to comments.

I found his conclusions of his icon gathering to be rather interesting. For example, we generally associate a comic style bubble to designate a commenting area on a website. In some instances, Ro discovered the icon to denote a quality-assurance feedback form.

Comment Icons Collected On The Net

For anyone interested in icon design, or wanting to know the type of icons being used on a majority of large websites, definitely check out Ro’s findings. After reading Ro’s post, let me know which aspect you found the most interesting in terms of design or usage.

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    1. Comment by Foomandoonian on 12 May 2008

      GREAT find, thanks :)

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    2. Comment by Jeffro on 12 May 2008

      @Foomandoonian Wasn’t that interesting? Did you see the icon which was a bag but it had the number of items you had in the bag, ready for purchase?
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    3. Comment by Foomandoonian on 12 May 2008

      Yeah, they highlighted that. I love little pixel graphics.

      Incidentally, I’m still annoyed that my Gravatar isn’t working! I checked my account, and as far as I can tell, everything is set up right. Do you have any idea what might be up?

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    4. Comment by Jeffro on 12 May 2008

      @Foomandoonian Not sure what is going on there. I deleted my avatar plugin cache and I even deleted the WP-Cache and your Gravatar still doesn’t show up.
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