N1CK Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 (edited) Hopefully, by now you?ve seen from our posts that there are a lot of new features and work going into IE 7. As part of this update, we?re refreshing our icon and logotype. We considered more radical departures from our current logo, but blue ?e? with the ring is very recognizable and familiar to users, so we elected instead to make more subtle changes.As you can see, the new ?e? has more modern look, and the edges are a bit darker so the icon stands out better against different backgrounds. We liked the gold ring too since it brings in new energy and helps the icon pop a bit more than the old one. This icon and text treatment will be used on the versions of IE 7 for Windows XPSP2, Server 2003 SP1, and x64 versions. We?ll have a slightly different look for the Windows Vista? version, one that?s more consistent with the icons there. We?re not quite ready with that one yet, but we?ll share it here once we do. We?re happy with how this turned out; I hope you like the new look too. Thanks, :Dny:Dho:D/quote] :D :D :D And a point for discussion... NotiMicrosoftge from MicrosoftWindowsplorer to Windows Internet Explorer. (This has happened since IE 7.0 Beta 1, when it was still Microsoft Internet Explorer) Why have Microsoft chosen to do this? To reflect the fact that Internet Explorer is no longer developed or supported on the Mac? Source: IEBlogs Edited August 13, 2005 by N1CK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Looks nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted August 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2005 Looks very nice. The current glassy one they have in beta1 is nice but doesn't come off as classy or professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted August 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2005 Mmm, nice and clean :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted August 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2005 Its no longer the blue e, its the e with the yellow swoooooooooosh. Looks nice though, best ie icon by far still is the Mac IE 5 icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted August 13, 2005 MVC Share Posted August 13, 2005 Yeah I like that one better than the one in the Beta 1 also. I assume the only place to see it is about window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuBar. Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Fits the Vista look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wratho Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 amazing very very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Its no longer the blue e, its the e with the yellow swoooooooooosh.Looks nice though, best ie icon by far still is the Mac IE 5 icon. 586368848[/snapback] Show me the Mac IE5 icon. This new IE7 icon is nice. more modernised and they have not updated their About Window. still the same old logo from the older version of IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted August 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2005 How can I change the IE icon to this? And what format should I save the icon as, I've done some photoshopping (5 seconds of it :) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christracy Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 the link in the post switches to a lot of whitespace if you have it displayed in a small window. for a moment i thought the link was broke. if you want to see what im talking about take your IE out of maximize and drag a corner till the text disappears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 How can I change the IE icon to this? And what format should I save the icon as, I've done some photoshopping (5 seconds of it :) ) 586368874[/snapback] ICO :whistle: And it is going to be difficult to get it to look good as the JPG has no alpha channel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 It's gorgeous. simeandrews, you have to remove the white background, save as 48x48,32x32,16x16 pngs, plus any other size you want, and use a program like Microangelo Studio (what I use) to import the pngs, and save as ico... then use your perferred method of icon replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Fits the Vista look. 586368856[/snapback] It won't be used in Wista, that will probably only be used with Windows XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planetik Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Time for new KILL IE banners! :D By the way, I don't hate IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Looks very nice. The current glassy one they have in beta1 is nice but doesn't come off as classy or professional. 586368842[/snapback] Nor does it fit in with anything else in Windows... but then again, Microsoft is still using 16-bit icons for the Administrative Tools, so I guess that doesn't really matter. At any rate, I like this new one much better! :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted August 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2005 It's gorgeous. simeandrews, you have to remove the white background, save as 48x48,32x32,16x16 pngs, plus any other size you want, and use a program like Microangelo Studio (what I use) to import the pngs, and save as ico... then use your perferred method of icon replacement. 586368886[/snapback] I have no preferred method of icon replacement, can someone give me one. Thanks, BTW. I'll package the icons when they're done if anyones interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lav-chan Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Um. I'm not impressed. Is this some kind of big deal? WOWOW GUYS THEY ADDED DARK EDGES AND MADE THE RING DEALIE YELLOW, COOL JOB FELLAS A+ The Mac IE5 logo is definitely better, by far. Show me the Mac IE5 icon.586368873[/snapback] http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/inte...etexplorer.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risadams Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User6060 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 I really don't like the yellow/gold, I thought the icon in beta1 was pretty good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koding Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Show me the Mac IE5 icon. 586368873[/snapback] This was the only one I could find but I don't know if it's the one he was referring to: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 (edited) hehe... :ninja: (Not a mockup, I've actually edited shdoclc.dll) Edited August 13, 2005 by jimbo11883 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 The yellow part reminds me of FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 FF blows... :) Anyways, here's IExplore.exe, shdoclc.dll, and the IE7.ico for anyone who wants it. Made from SP2 with all Hotfixes installed. If it causes problems, extract changed resources and put them in your version of files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Seetheworldsecond Subscriber¹ Posted August 13, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted August 13, 2005 Its cool , Better then the Old one You can Say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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