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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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- 2April 1st, 2008 7:55 am
Wow, I must admit those are some great icons. But I still have to wonder if they’ll effectively scale to 16×16px.
- 3April 1st, 2008 8:20 am
Very nice. I’m trying to find the April fools in this post! :P
- 4April 1st, 2008 8:25 am
I 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.
- 5April 1st, 2008 8:31 am
Damn. 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.
- 6April 1st, 2008 9:02 am
This little guy reading the paper – awesome idea :-)
- 7April 1st, 2008 9:04 am
Beautiful icons. Excelent work, boys.
- 8April 1st, 2008 9:51 am
Very cool indeed!
- 9April 1st, 2008 9:58 am
I love it. The guy with the paper in particular, but they’re all good.
- 10April 1st, 2008 10:33 am
The guy reading the paper looks like he’s sitting on the toilet.
- 11April 1st, 2008 12:22 pm
Cool & Nice icons))) Thanks…))))
- 12April 1st, 2008 12:55 pm
I’m using the mug of RSS icon on my blog. Thanks again Smashing Magazine!
- 13April 1st, 2008 1:24 pm
Thanks for the nice icons!
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- 15April 1st, 2008 7:28 pm
I love the billboard one! When I find a use I’ll definitely try that one :)
- 16April 1st, 2008 11:53 pm
Nice collection – thanks for posting.
- 17April 2nd, 2008 12:53 am
Very cute!! :D
- 18April 2nd, 2008 1:50 am
good job. i like it.
- 19April 2nd, 2008 1:57 am
Awesome icons, I love !
- 20April 2nd, 2008 3:25 am
I agree to that.
- 21April 2nd, 2008 4:33 am
Amazing Icon Set! I especially like the RSS Newspaper ;)
- 22April 2nd, 2008 5:16 am
Great stuff!
- 23April 2nd, 2008 12:12 pm
Love the coffee cup! Thanks for the links
- 24April 2nd, 2008 6:59 pm
Really nice RSS icons
- 25April 2nd, 2008 8:04 pm
using the coffee cup. thanks for sharing!
- 26April 3rd, 2008 9:57 pm
Hello, 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!
- 27April 4th, 2008 7:25 am
These icons are sweet.
- 28April 5th, 2008 1:17 am
Thanks for these buttons.
- 29April 5th, 2008 2:52 am
Thanks guys, i have started use Newspaper_Feed_128×128 icon.
- 30April 6th, 2008 11:36 pm
these 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.
- 31April 8th, 2008 3:28 am
These icon are looking very fresh and nice
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- 34April 11th, 2008 11:28 am
These icon are looking very fresh and nice
babak zawari
بابك زواري - 35April 14th, 2008 5:27 pm
very nice man..
- 36April 20th, 2008 1:27 am
Love 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.
- 37April 24th, 2008 2:29 am
such 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.
- 38May 15th, 2008 7:58 am
Hey cool icons…. great concepts and the idea is awesome…. great job….
thnks smash…!! - 39May 21st, 2008 10:37 pm
all gugs like the newspaper guy most!
- 40May 22nd, 2008 11:08 pm
Very Good, thanks
- 41May 24th, 2008 10:07 pm
I just want to asked how to install this rrs icon…. Pls help us
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- 43June 15th, 2008 7:40 pm
Hi man you are so great !!!! Orz …
- 44July 1st, 2008 3:55 am
your designs are awesome dude, thanks
- 45July 13th, 2008 12:13 pm
I like te billboard style i gona use it on my new site.
- 46July 18th, 2008 10:42 pm
Thank you. These are very creative. I will use one of them on my blog :)
- 47July 30th, 2008 8:06 am
Loved all icons. Better as they are free 2. :-) thanx
- 48August 2nd, 2008 11:03 pm
thank for these nice icon.. excelent work :D
- 49August 7th, 2008 9:00 pm
Wonderful Icons!!
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- 51August 24th, 2008 9:54 pm
hi,thanks for these icon.very nice
- 52August 31st, 2008 4:37 am
beautifull…. really like these. so much so that i just cant see why i should create my own
- 53September 17th, 2008 1:08 pm
i 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
- 54September 24th, 2008 6:57 pm
Very good icon. Thank you very much for sharing. Very much appreciated :-)
- 55October 4th, 2008 3:01 pm
I 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.
- 56October 14th, 2008 9:57 am
I’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.
- 57November 11th, 2008 6:50 am
Thank you for the beautiful icons!
- 58November 21st, 2008 6:56 am
I 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
- 59November 26th, 2008 12:42 am
Wow..
nice rss icon
thank you - 60November 27th, 2008 1:19 am
beautiful rss icon…thank for your information
- 61January 3rd, 2009 5:56 am
I love it! Thanks!
- 62January 13th, 2009 9:01 am
Thx for sharing. Great job!
- 63January 16th, 2009 1:27 am
Thank you for sharing :D
Biju Subhash
- 64February 4th, 2009 8:18 am
Thanks … hopefully after many pairs of fun together … and any posts that many subscriptions.
- 65March 8th, 2009 5:17 pm
You’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?
- 66March 16th, 2009 1:04 pm
thank you! =]
- 67April 15th, 2009 1:14 am
Nice Ones. Thanks a lot.
- 68April 16th, 2009 9:32 am
Jacob 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… :/
- 69April 21st, 2009 7:55 pm
Thanks for beautiful icons.
- 70April 22nd, 2009 10:45 pm
really funny and cute icon! i put for my web,the newspaper one. thank you.
- 71June 6th, 2009 6:53 am
I 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
- 72June 6th, 2009 2:57 pm
I 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.
- 73June 6th, 2009 2:59 pm
In 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??
- 74June 22nd, 2009 5:35 am
ooh 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? - 75July 11th, 2009 7:38 pm
thx,very good!
- 76July 19th, 2009 1:12 pm
love love love these. thanks
- 77September 3rd, 2009 12:51 am
Incredible icons great help for the blogger thanks
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- 79October 2nd, 2009 7:53 am
Cool and Nice icons
Thanks - 80October 14th, 2009 10:56 pm
wow 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. - 81October 18th, 2009 10:32 am
Thanks alot! Love’em!
- 82October 19th, 2009 12:15 pm
Thank you very much for these cool Icons :) Catched one =)
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- @HrvojeKC yes, that's an interesting idea. Maybe when the waiting is over, we'll write a detailed post about it.
- @benbeltran thanks, Ben, your support means a lot to us.
- @dandenney thanks for the nice words, Dan - really appreciate it.
- @TheKheiron well, it's not entirely our fault. But we will certainly learn a lot from this horrible experience.
- @fienixNYC we find the delay disappointing as well, but there is really nothing we can do here :(
- @HrvojeKC we should probably write a book about it; not a physical book, rather a PDF :)


thanks a lot, already used th cup of rss in my blog: