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rhoekman
02-05-2004, 06:55 PM
I know this is a matter of taste and I know I can create my own look for DirectAdmin. But I also know that newcomers first impressions are the looks of the interface. The first time I looked at DirectAdmin I thought it looked unprofessional and gave me that unstable Windows 3.11 feel.. Is it an idea for you guys to hire
http://www.visualpharm.com/ just for the icons only?

I think it will make a huge difference. Look at Plesk 7.0 everybody is going nuts about the new look, because well, it looks a lot like XP. If I show my customers control panel interfaces of Plesk, cPanel and DA guess what they choose? This is also a selling point in both ends.

Just a thought.. and not intended to insult the graphic artist nor the guys of DA because it's a great product and I just want to boost it's popularity..

Rick

Edit: After browsing the site I discovered that this guy DID make the icons for Plesk :D
existenz
02-05-2004, 09:04 PM
Just promise me something...whatever you do don't make it look like Windows XP. Everytime I see that its is what a OS looks like a sick joke from the Apple developers while working on OS X. I think the Power_user should be the default on all new installs. It's clean, fast and most of the customers I talk to like it much better.
ProWebUK
02-06-2004, 08:59 AM
You can get most of them icons as freeware... and they are used in a variety of areas - redhat / KDE / GNome all appear to use the 'crystal' icons.

If you are interested in this kind of look I will consider having a lighter skin than DA-3D that utilises them.

Chris
loopforever
02-06-2004, 05:21 PM
:D

...I'll leave you with that...
ProWebUK
02-09-2004, 07:01 PM
Quickly done example of the icons and an example XP style / coloured design :)

http://optimum-servers.com/DAXP.gif

That the kind of thing your looking for?

Obviously needs a fair bit more work and a few extra icons but in my opinion i'd rather that than similar icons for a minimum of $1000 more...

Chris
rhoekman
02-09-2004, 07:16 PM
You see what a little paint can do? ;) I like it already!

Edit: I also found these icons and they are free to use if I'm not mistaken: http://www.cleanstick.org/jason/beosicons.html they are clean and transparant (background) and yes you probably saw them before..
existenz
02-11-2004, 09:08 AM
What you all want to use is OS X icons. They are vector based not bitmap. Search for OS X icons in Google.