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Dashcode and the art of icons

by Scott McNulty May 26th 2006 at 5:00PM



I'm a sucker for a good icon story (what can I say, I'm a geek). Here's a little story that uses Apple's icon for DashCode and its similarity to an unreleased widget IDE as a starting point to talk about how one makes a great icon. Fascinating read (and yes, the author's first language isn't English so forgive him, however, feel free to continue mocking my grammar and spelling).

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Tice

To all of you who wants to see huge icons:
mac4ever.net

May 29 2006 at 1:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brett

Just started using Dashcode, it's a bit buggy and has no help documentation yet, which is probably why Apple hasn't made any official announcements about it yet. Not ready for prime time.

May 26 2006 at 6:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark

That should be a semicolon before however.

May 26 2006 at 6:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ryan Maxwell

I personally like the look of the WidgetKit icon better than Apple's Dashcode icon.

It uses subtler blues and looks better without the red. I also think the shape of the plans differentiate it better from the Xcode icon.

May 26 2006 at 5:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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