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Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine (www.smashingmagazine.com), an online magazine dedicated to designers and developers.
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April 1st, 2008 7:55 amWow, I must admit those are some great icons. But I still have to wonder if they’ll effectively scale to 16×16px.
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April 1st, 2008 8:20 amVery nice. I’m trying to find the April fools in this post! :P
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April 1st, 2008 8:25 amI have to admit I don’t really see the other three icons transferring the idea of RSS, but, boy, do I love the little guy reading the RSS paper. Excellent work.
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April 1st, 2008 8:31 amDamn. I’m just having a ball using the stuff you have offered. Even though it doesn’t fit my design – I used it anyway! I know. I know. But that’s the advantage we un-designers have over designers.
I’m still on the hunt for Steampunk icons. hint. hint.
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April 1st, 2008 9:02 amThis little guy reading the paper – awesome idea :-)
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April 1st, 2008 9:04 amBeautiful icons. Excelent work, boys.
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April 1st, 2008 9:51 amVery cool indeed!
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April 1st, 2008 9:58 amI love it. The guy with the paper in particular, but they’re all good.
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April 1st, 2008 10:33 amThe guy reading the paper looks like he’s sitting on the toilet.
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April 1st, 2008 12:22 pmCool & Nice icons))) Thanks…))))
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April 1st, 2008 12:55 pmI’m using the mug of RSS icon on my blog. Thanks again Smashing Magazine!
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April 1st, 2008 1:24 pmThanks for the nice icons!
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April 1st, 2008 7:28 pmI love the billboard one! When I find a use I’ll definitely try that one :)
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April 1st, 2008 11:53 pmNice collection – thanks for posting.
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April 2nd, 2008 12:53 amVery cute!! :D
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April 2nd, 2008 1:50 amgood job. i like it.
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April 2nd, 2008 1:57 amAwesome icons, I love !
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April 2nd, 2008 3:25 amI agree to that.
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April 2nd, 2008 4:33 amAmazing Icon Set! I especially like the RSS Newspaper ;)
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April 2nd, 2008 5:16 amGreat stuff!
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April 2nd, 2008 12:12 pmLove the coffee cup! Thanks for the links
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April 2nd, 2008 6:59 pmReally nice RSS icons
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April 2nd, 2008 8:04 pmusing the coffee cup. thanks for sharing!
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April 3rd, 2008 9:57 pmHello, I’m a Jack, and my spin on the RSS icon is a love/hate thing, these new icons are awesome to the artistic side of my brain. However to break too far from the norm may not be as helpful for sites that aren’t already well traveled. My reason is this, the orange icon is, well, an Icon to RSS lifestyle, people who aren’t even Internet savvy can understand that it gives them updates to that sites news or articles. To differentiate from that format could be harmful to new sites or startups, remember that standards are not just for code, an iconic symbol as important as a feed cannot just be tossed around willy nilly.
And please don’t think that I’m bashing your article, I’m not. I love Smashing Magazine and these new feed icon alternatives are “HOTT” as the kids say, just wanted to get a point out. Keep up the good work!
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April 4th, 2008 7:25 amThese icons are sweet.
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April 5th, 2008 1:17 amThanks for these buttons.
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April 5th, 2008 2:52 amThanks guys, i have started use Newspaper_Feed_128×128 icon.
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April 6th, 2008 11:36 pmthese ARE awsome… and you are even kind enough to provide rationale for creating them. they bring some real life concepts into rss. we are not for processing text only. :) thanks, hope i will have a great place to use one of them.
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April 8th, 2008 3:28 amThese icon are looking very fresh and nice
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April 11th, 2008 11:28 amThese icon are looking very fresh and nice
babak zawari
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April 14th, 2008 5:27 pmvery nice man..
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April 20th, 2008 1:27 amLove the coffee cup, gave me an idea because I have this special blue cup that shines (bad for my ADD) and I decided to take a picture of that cup and use if for my RSS feed. Now any ADD person, like me, that lands on my site will just go “….Ooooo, shiny.” And sign up not knowing why.
Great work, keep it rolling.
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April 24th, 2008 2:29 amsuch a great collection of rss icon, i found this very much helpful for most web designers and very useful in web design project, i will work used this for my future projects.
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May 15th, 2008 7:58 amHey cool icons…. great concepts and the idea is awesome…. great job….
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May 21st, 2008 10:37 pmall gugs like the newspaper guy most!
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May 22nd, 2008 11:08 pmVery Good, thanks
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May 24th, 2008 10:07 pmI just want to asked how to install this rrs icon…. Pls help us
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June 15th, 2008 7:40 pmHi man you are so great !!!! Orz …
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July 1st, 2008 3:55 amyour designs are awesome dude, thanks
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July 13th, 2008 12:13 pmI like te billboard style i gona use it on my new site.
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July 18th, 2008 10:42 pmThank you. These are very creative. I will use one of them on my blog :)
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July 30th, 2008 8:06 amLoved all icons. Better as they are free 2. :-) thanx
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August 2nd, 2008 11:03 pmthank for these nice icon.. excelent work :D
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August 7th, 2008 9:00 pmWonderful Icons!!
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August 24th, 2008 9:54 pmhi,thanks for these icon.very nice
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August 31st, 2008 4:37 ambeautifull…. really like these. so much so that i just cant see why i should create my own
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September 17th, 2008 1:08 pmi saw these icons on a few other blogs, and sat down to search for them. at last i found them. great job. this is really cool
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September 24th, 2008 6:57 pmVery good icon. Thank you very much for sharing. Very much appreciated :-)
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October 4th, 2008 3:01 pmI was trying to put the RSS feed onto my blog, but when I downloaded into my Plugin list, it did not show up. Is there a way you could explain exactly what should be done to use the designed feed? thanks ahead of time.
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October 14th, 2008 9:57 amI’ve seen some blogs using the newspaper icon, now I found the source. Great, I’ll use it. I like the cup also. Thanks a lot.
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November 11th, 2008 6:50 amThank you for the beautiful icons!
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November 21st, 2008 6:56 amI have been looking for rss icons for about a week, and right before i gave up on my search I found the mother of them all. The dude with the paper is amazing. thanks
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November 26th, 2008 12:42 amWow..
nice rss icon
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November 27th, 2008 1:19 ambeautiful rss icon…thank for your information
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January 3rd, 2009 5:56 amI love it! Thanks!
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January 13th, 2009 9:01 amThx for sharing. Great job!
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January 16th, 2009 1:27 amThank you for sharing :D
Biju Subhash
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February 4th, 2009 8:18 amThanks … hopefully after many pairs of fun together … and any posts that many subscriptions.
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March 8th, 2009 5:17 pmYou’ve stated
“The set contains 8 icons which you can use for private and commercial projects, blogs and web-sites for free”
Yet there included license states that icons are free only for personal, desktop use?
Am i right to be a little confused?
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March 16th, 2009 1:04 pmthank you! =]
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April 15th, 2009 1:14 amNice Ones. Thanks a lot.
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April 16th, 2009 9:32 amJacob Lee is right; the license in the pack says we can use the icons for personal, desktop use. So we can not publish them in web sites. Maybe the license was included by mistake, I don’t know… :/
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April 21st, 2009 7:55 pmThanks for beautiful icons.
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April 22nd, 2009 10:45 pmreally funny and cute icon! i put for my web,the newspaper one. thank you.
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June 6th, 2009 6:53 amI wanted to use one of these icons to replace the regular feedburner one, but I don’t know how to install it. Can anyone please help?
Thanks!Ev
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June 6th, 2009 2:57 pmI am also confused.
It says that these can be used for free in personal sites and ALSO in COMMERCIAL SITES.
However, when I VISIT http://www.fasticon.com/ site.. it says that to be used in commercial sites, you must use a LICENSE and that the icons are only for personal sites…
CAN ANYONE tell the definite license terms?
Thanks.
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June 6th, 2009 2:59 pmIn the comment above, I mean that FastIcon site, says that you must buy a license to use these icons in COMMERCIAL sites… and the icons are only for personal use…
What is the truth??
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June 22nd, 2009 5:35 amooh thanks a lot for the tips?
thank’s for the good post?!!!yes cemlouis i just notice the notification there..either i missed that
part when i upload the theme or they just recently updated their site and also make it more clear about their theme submit policy.
but still is there anyway they can prevent anyone uploading someone
else theme..that’s still the biggest question need to be solved. I know if i release a standalone theme with my own footer link without sponsor links..i would be glad to submit the theme there and they can add the extra links in the theme since the they got a very potential click download rate and that’s without a doubt since i did feature their site for great theme place but there’s still sponsors issue that need to explained if the sponsors suddenly asked about the extra link..what should i tell them? - 75
July 11th, 2009 7:38 pmthx,very good!
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July 19th, 2009 1:12 pmlove love love these. thanks
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September 3rd, 2009 12:51 amIncredible icons great help for the blogger thanks
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October 14th, 2009 10:56 pmwow man!u have done an amazing job,ill surely gonna use it in my blog :p.please also visit my website for
3d,graphic design jobs,models,portfolio and more. - 80
October 18th, 2009 10:32 amThanks alot! Love’em!
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October 19th, 2009 12:15 pmThank you very much for these cool Icons :) Catched one =)
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November 21st, 2009 3:47 pmHey, I really like this Icon Set, thanks for sharing :-)
I just designed a new RSS Icon Set in American Diner style for free download too. Please have a look at my blog and tell me what you think :-)
Thanks a lot!
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December 15th, 2009 4:04 pmOk, I admit I’m an idiot!! I love these icons, but how do I turn a jpg image into my rss feed on my wordpress theme. I don’t understand how to connect one of these images to my feed address.
thanks!!
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December 23rd, 2009 1:46 pmGreat work. thank you!
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thanks a lot, already used th cup of rss in my blog: