Fresh (and free) icons for applications
by Lars Vogel / November 19th, 2009
I always use the Eclipse icons for my applicatons. Recently one of my users complainted that my icons look “oldisch”….
I quick call for help via twitter returned the following sites which provide free and fantastic looking icons.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Clear
http://www.famfamfam.com
http://iconlet.com
http://www.iconfinder.net/browse
Thanks to everyone for the links. Hope this helps also others to spice up their applications. 
(Disclaimer: Of course these icons are not specific to Eclipse and could be used in other applications as well)
Filed under: Eclipse
November 19th, 2009 at 8:40 am
I’m using icons from these sites only to demonstrate demos or so.
problem in ‘real’ business applications is that you shouldn’t mix icons from different sources, because they look different, use other colors etc.
my customers normaly choose one large set as base
(eclipse, open office) and let missing ones design by a agency to fit into the theme/style
or they design all from scratch to have a unique LnF.
two useful sites:
icons from eclipse: http://xantorohara.110mb.com/core-icons/Eclipse.html
icons from open office: http://xantorohara.110mb.com/core-icons/OpenOffice.html
ekke
November 19th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I use the pinvoke icon set in our RCP application, one of the best icon sets I’ve used. It’s updated frequently and contains 16×16 icons.
http://www.pinvoke.com/
November 19th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
@Thijs: pinvoke looks very good. Thanks you for the link.
November 20th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Under what is license are the eclipse icons available? EPL?
November 20th, 2009 at 8:01 am
@kk I believe so, but I’m not an licence expert…
November 25th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Awesome!