Web Design | SEO Tips | Website company India Websys » Downloads http://websys.co.in/designblog Web development , blog tips, web design portfolio and Search engine optimization services. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:51:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0
free vector icons http://websys.co.in/designblog/2011/08/10/free-vector-icons/ http://websys.co.in/designblog/2011/08/10/free-vector-icons/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:16:21 +0000 tublu http://websys.co.in/designblog/?p=632 Continue reading →]]> As web designers , we create unique designs for all client websites. However in order to create unique designs , and make it really attractive – we often use numerous vector icons . And not just for websites , but for all kinds of design – application design , newsletter design , blog design , usage of vector icons is a must nowadays .
It is also true that we do not regularly create vector icons for blogs or websites we create . We not only take inspiration for icons from other vector icon websites or designers , but many a times, we download free vector icons from icon designers websites. Below you will find a list of great vector icons and options to download them for free .

165 vector icons from liquidicity – in AI , SVG and JPG format .

Free vector icon set from Dezinerfolio – in 3 backgrounds

Free RSS feed icons

Totally free eCommerce Icon set – from Smashingmagazine

Icon set for writers and publishers – from Winepress of words

We will continue posting more free icons from across the web in the following weeks . So keep tuned and stay subscribed to our RSS feed.

]]> http://websys.co.in/designblog/2011/08/10/free-vector-icons/feed/ 0 creating icons for web design http://websys.co.in/designblog/2007/12/19/creating-icons-for-web-design/ http://websys.co.in/designblog/2007/12/19/creating-icons-for-web-design/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:15:41 +0000 websys http://websys.co.in/designblog/2007/12/19/creating-icons-for-web-design/ Continue reading →]]> Icons (as per Wikipedia) in the field of computing are small pictograms used to supplement the normal alphanumeric of computers, used to aid the user recognize computer interfaces . They are usually 16×16 pixels , upto 128 x 128 pixels in dimension. Answers defines icons as image or representation. Icons are regularly used in computer desktops to denote or identify clickable programs or files and folders  inside your  computer .

Icons also widely used in the field of web design , sometimes to enhance the visual display of the layout and sometimes also for better usability.

How does icons induce better usability ? : Usability guru Jacob Nelsen refers 5 quality components of usability as ” Learnability , Efficiency , Memorability , Errors and Satisfaction ( read more ). Icons easily identifies key areas in a layout  by the graphical element , like  printer icon helps a layman to understand he can run a print command / take a print out , or view the printer friendly version of the page by clicking that . Or maybe , skype icon , skype me this helps them to understand the skype id of the site owner is available or by clicking it , the visitor can skype him. Same way , icons also provides memorability , like for example a Search Icon in a layout wherever it maybe or a RSS / feed icon rss icon , feeds , xml  on a blog etches a mark in their memory that they can always subscribe to its content from offsite .

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