Topic: Icons

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Lucid gets improved folder icons

A set of improved folder icons landed in Ubuntu 10.04 earlier today. The icons sport darker orange gradients than the version they replace. This orange is much more in keeping with the “new” orange of […]

9 April 2010
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A shiny new Ubuntu installer icon

When testing out the Lucid live CD next you’ll see a brand new icon for the Ubuntu Installer rocking out on its’ lonesome. Thanks to THAC0 over in the OMG! IRC I can bring you […]

2 April 2010
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Tomboy, Battery icons updated

A new tomboy icon matching the rest of the new style panel icons in Lucid has graced the Ubuntu update tubes with its presence. Also checking in is a larger battery style icon. Thanks to […]

1 April 2010
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OMG! Replacement coloured indicator message alert icons for Lucid

With Ubuntu 10.04 adding a puke coloured new message alert to the indicator applet many of you will be seeking alternatives. Seek no more. The icons (right) come in all main Tango! colours as well […]

31 March 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Icons Re-Coloured Purple

With the familiar brown tones of Ubuntu of yore being replaced with vibrant purple hues in the recent re-branding, the ‘purplification‘ of the default icon set had to occur sooner or later. Well, some icons […]

14 March 2010
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5 ‘Twitter Style’ Replacement Icons for Pino

A selection of replacement tray/app icons for the Pino Microblogging client. This set are ‘twitter’ style – perfect if you only use Pino for Tweeting. Fresh, yo! A speech bubble with a twitter style ‘t’ […]

23 February 2010
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Lucid Gets New Icons For Rhythmbox, UbuntuOne, MeMenu, More

Some updates to the default Humanity icon theme just landed in Lucid including some shiny new icons for Rhythmbox, the MeMenu/status, battery and trash bin, amongst others. I almost feel like saying “Spoilers below”. Do […]

16 February 2010
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How To Replace The Pino Notification Area Icon

Pino is a fantastic little twitter application. We’ve blogged about it many times previously and know many of you love it. One thing that still comes up as an ‘issue’ whenever we blog about it […]

10 February 2010
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Wallbox To Get new icons

Wallbox – a desktop Facebook notification-come-interaction applet-come-application – proved quite popular when we posted about it a few days ago. In that post one thing i hate was the icon. It was some form of […]

5 February 2010
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Elementary Empathy Theme

An awesome elementary theme for Empathy, oddly submitted for potential inclusion in Lucid. The picture sells the theme better than typed words can. A must for Elementary fans. Download http://www.gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/119449-elementary%20Empathy.zip Install Extract the .zip folder […]

31 January 2010
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Awesome Replacement Icons For Wallbox Facebook Applet

A few days back we showed you an awesome Facebook applet for your GNOME panel called ‘Wallbox’. One of my criticisms of said application was that its icons were a bit on the… “lulwhat?” side. […]

29 January 2010
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ChromeOS Application Icons (To Use for Web Apps on Ubuntu)

The ChromeOS application menu has some cool icons for web applications, so I cheekily extracted them to use on Ubuntu — and upload here, for your convenience. All are 128×128 and look great in docks […]

29 November 2009
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Humanity Style Icons: Banshee, Tomboy & GNOME Do

Continuing our series on replacement icons for applications that don’t blend nicely with the Karmic default theme ‘humanity’ we find two new icons one for music player Banshee and the other for note-taking supremo Tomboy. […]

9 November 2009
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UbuntuOne Gets ANOTHER New Icon – This Time It’s Pretty Nice!

UbuntuOne received a new icon (again) in today’s Karmic Updates. Gone is the slightly indecipherable HDD and Cloud emblem and in just a fluffy cute cloud. This time the icon achieves it’s aim: it is distinguished from the rest […]

15 October 2009
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UbuntuOne Gets A (Rubbish) New Icon

UbuntuOne – Ubuntu’s cloud storage service – has been given a new icon in the latest Karmic updates. The new icon is, presumably, to better integrate UbuntuOne into the new Karmic Panel Icon style. I […]

13 October 2009
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UbuntuOne Icons to Match Karmic Panel Icons

The current default UbuntuOne icon in Karmic Koala is a bright, colourful and cheery icon which is great – expect it doesn’t match the rest of the default panel icons. This is actually a design choice by […]

11 October 2009
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Karmic Gets New IM Session Status Icons

Karmic’s session applet icons have been updated to a new set of stylish glossy status symbols. If you don’t know what i’m talking about, these are the instant messenger status ‘icons’ integrated into the user-session-applet […]

14 September 2009
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Ubuntu 9.10 Artwork Drop Brings Four New Themes, Two New Icon Sets

Today saw Ubuntu’s first “Artwork Drop” for Karmic Koala. Despite there being no official ‘artwork’ released from Ubuntu’s Design team as of yet, the community side of the artwork submission has been quite prolific. Of […]

27 August 2009