Vista and Xp Style icons

K7 Computing - Quality Antivirus Software and Internet Security Suite

2009-09-04T03:06:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
I think you all will wonder why I have choosen to post about Antivirus Software and Internet Security Suite suddenly in my blog.

Yes! It's K7 Computing which makes me to do post here. I was in search for a good Antivirus and Total Security suite for my PC to keep away from harm ful virus and malwares.

After a long search I found K7 Computing - Which is worth to Use!
I am in big surprise why I haven't come across such a good Antivirus Software.

I have purchased their Total Internet Security Suite which I was using for the past one week. Now I can surely say you all that I am worry free from virus attacks.

Good to know about K7 computing and they are doing good job!!

My Heartful Review about KVC Web Hosting - My Partner

2009-08-20T05:46:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody, I am Marshal a freelance web designer. I had been serving clients from various parts of the globe. It all started with simple SEO services such as directory submissions and article submissions. I learned designing and programming while in college. I thought that I could earn good money through freelancing rather than working for a boss. I had always wanted to be my own boss. My childhood dreams of becoming an industrialist is now slowly realizing.

My first handsome online earnings were through my web designs and I was able to satisfy my clients with my innovative designs. Later I started creating website templates and customized them for my clients. Soon I found out that offering a hosting service will boost my web development business. So I was on the look out for best reseller web hosting service. It was then I noticed kvchosting.com offering cheap web hosting services. I decided to try out their free hosting services first to check their quality of service.

Their service was really superb and now I have a number of my own websites hosted by kvchosting.com. I then decided to offer my needy clients cheap hosting services. Today I am able to provide them with highly successful hosting service at affordable costs. Thanks to the fantastic reseller web hosting scheme of kvchosting.com. If you own a small business in the web development arena, you too can avail the opportunity to expand your business at affordable costs and still maintain high standards of service. Would you like to offer hosting services to your clients do visit the kvchosting.com for highly profitable ventures.

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Contest Extended - Opportunity Knocks Once again

2009-04-02T22:19:00.000-07:00

Hi,
This is a week later we have decided to extend the contest that we are running 1st time ever.

The contest has been extended till April 20, 2009.

All of you are welcome to participate in this contest. Take a look at this contest thread http://vista-xpicons.blogspot.com/2009/03/start-this-summer-with-fabulas-goodies.html

Thanks.

Get Your Icons from this Beautiful Land

2009-03-13T02:51:00.001-07:00

Now I am on the way to check the best Icon Shops all over the Internet. Many designers will do shop designs only if they are attracted at their first Visit. I Just attracted at Icons-Land. So here is the small review,

Icons-Land has proved itself to be an emerging leader in the icon creation arena with its release of the new updated versions of the vista style icons. The quality and the creativeness of their icon design team are obvious in every one of the icons displayed in the website.

You can literally find icons related to every industry in this website. For example, the website has transportation icons, sports icons, and also icons for software developers, such as multimedia icons and hardware icons or even emoticons. All of the icons displayed in the website come in .png and .ico formats making them suitable for every operating system. While all the standard sizes, such as 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 128x128, and 256x256 are available readymade, icons-land.com is ready to customize the icons to other nonstandard sizes up on request, free of charge.

Icons Preview - Vista Style Chess Emoticons

Preview of one icon in all sizes: 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 128x128, 256x256

There are a large number of vista icons and XP icons in the website. Apart from stock icons the website also offers custom icon design service. The website’s fantastic design makes it easy for the users to navigate, pick icons, and check out with ease. One other beauty of the website is that you can view of all stock icon sets right from the homepage of the website.

Unlike many icon sites that sell only icon packages, icons-land.com allows the customers to pick any icon they like at an affordable fee of $5. Had you purchased any icon set and you are still in need of more icons in the same style, the website provides custom icon design services to create new icons as you specify.

Vista Style Points of Interest Icon Set

Icons-Land design studio has highly qualified designers that have a strong experience in designing icons. Apart from stock icons, the website also offers the following custom design services: icon design, animation design, skin design, software box design, cd/dvd cover design, and logo design. Find the Ukrainian perfection in all the products of icons-land.com.

XP Style Icons

2009-03-11T21:50:00.000-07:00

Every one of the computer applications uses icons. Although one can create icons on their own, it becomes needles as one can get professionally designed XP style icons at very low costs or even for free in the internet. There are a good number of great organizations the offer high quality professionally designed XP style icons.

The first revolutionary changes in the world of icon designing started with the XP style icons. Although XP style icons belong to the previous version of the contemporary windows vista, they are widely used by many who still prefer the XP over other versions of windows.

Usually service providers categorize icons industry wise making it easy for you to purchase a particular package that will suit you specific needs. XP style icons come in various formats, sizes, and colors. Standard icon providers design their icons according to the Microsoft XP guidelines.

Special features of XP style icons include rich color, smooth edges and corners, drop shadow effects, and great lighting effect. XP icons are generally available in .gif, .jpeg and .ico formats and come in four different sizes that include 16×16 pixels, 24×24 pixels, 32×32 pixels, and 48×48 pixels, and can be used for different purposes such as tool bars, menus, and applications.

If designed by a well-experienced icon designing team, XP style icons can be visually appealing, and provide pleasant environment to work. It is a good idea to look for icon providers who specifically focus on icons because they can provide better quality than the firms that offer diverse products.

Start this Summer with a fabulas Goodies and Gifts

2009-03-08T22:36:00.000-07:00

This is the first time I tie up with MR.Steve Michael from Crewind. He gave me this idea of holding a contest in a blog. Yes After I get convinced by the gifts he is giving I am happy to do announce this contest on my blog.

I hope you are sure going to win fabulous gifts and with this you can make a new website or else you can make your website more beautiful

Here are the list of websites from where you are going to get free stuffs!!

Contest Ends on : 28th March 2009

I usually participated in some contest where there will be only one prize. But this time I surprised on seeing this multiple gifts.

There are 3 Prizes for the winners

First Prize

Standard Membership Templates from Buytemplates.net worth $69
Custom Logo Design from Worth Logoangel.com $99
Unique Custom Banner Design from Bannerwind.com worth $149
Individual Icon Package from Icongalore.com worth $57 to $234

Second Prize

Custom Banner from Bannerwind.com worth $149
Budget Membership Templates from Buytemplates.net worth $49
Illustration Images from Illustrationwind.com worth $99

Third Prize

Professional Logo from Logowind.com worth $99
Individual Icon package from Iconplant.com worth $54 to $162
Brochure Templates from Brochuremonster.com worth $79

What a big Surprise Mr.Steve have for you !!

Every participants will get one free templates from http://www.buyTemplates.net :) isn't that FUN!
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Specialty of Vista Style Icons

2009-02-23T00:39:00.000-08:00

Windows Vista icons are the latest products in the market, and our special icons are adored for their polished, refined and graceful features.

Vista style icons provide a new insight to the interface graphics and add value and elegance to windows vista. Vista icons portray a realistic appearance when compared with its predecessors. One other advanced feature of vista icons is the shadows that provide a realistic depth in perception like any object in the real world.

Yet another salient feature is the lighting provided for the vista icons. All objects are now faced directly toward the light source. While the light source for XP style icons always come from the top left and objects rotated counter-clockwise, the Vista icons placement and lighting will be completely opposite when compared with the previous styles.

When it comes to adjusting the size in vista icons, the user can change the icon sizes by zooming in from high, medium, to low size settings with the help of a slider in Windows Vista explorer. So the very design of the vista icons is synchronized with this slider control feature for easy enlarging or shrinking of the icons.

The Vista icons size can be adjusted with ease so that they reflect globally either for all icons or on per-folder basis.

The design of icons is strict adherence to the Microsoft guidelines.

Find Google from its New Logo

2008-12-22T20:52:00.000-08:00

Hi, Today when I opened Google I was shocked. I searched for google but showing an image.When I looked after the image I got that they are manufacturing the google Search Engine.
You too identify Google.

Google First page result for "Icons"

2008-12-14T20:53:00.000-08:00

Google First Page results for "icon"

2008-12-14T20:11:00.000-08:00

Since its a long gap for me. Here I have taken the google 1st page result for "icon" and listed the details.

Regular update of the leading Icon sellers

2008-08-18T02:28:00.000-07:00

I think it's very important to find a big icon selling company.
In the coming days I am going to watch the first page of Google for the keyword "icons" and "icon"

Because these two keywords seems to be very tough and hard for the companies to place first in the google.

I am going to watch the first page for those two keywords and will update the list every monday and will have a discuss through the status.

Get more visitors by using attractive Avatars

2008-08-18T02:22:00.000-07:00

Why to Use Avatars ?

We are using avatars not only for fun. But using Avatars will always makes us benefit. Most people will attract by seeing the image also. For eg if it's randier is a user and if he uses a good avatar then people will find the avatar is good then surely people will click on to view his profile.

So that they will spend time to see his profiles and there people will look on to their old post also.This is how he gets and leads or sales.
There are lots of sites providing free avatars to use. Care should be taken that we should use appropriate avatar by knowing the place where we are.

Also by using very attractive avatars will surely leads to some clicks on our signature links. By this we can improve our site traffic also. So use proper avatar and surely we can get some valuable results.

Avatars- A small Graphical Image

2008-04-16T05:04:00.000-07:00

I think all of us are familiar with chating. Chating with our friends and with our family members makes all of us to be closer with eachother. Using msn, yahoo, google we are chating with each other.
Forums, discussion boards and some online communities like orkut, HI5, Myspace are the place where large number of peoples will meet together and share their thoughts and feelings. There are the place where they will meet new friends and other peoples.

One thing when we come to these sites is that they are offering you a chance to change your screen name as you like. For this you can use Avatars, in most cases these sites will provide some avatars, so that we can use these avatars to represent our self. These images will appear whenever you will make a post in the site.

Finally, I come to avatars. Avatars are a small graphical or a pictures which is used to represent your name. Usually these picture will show how you are. This picture may be a terror image, stylish or it looks like a calm guy.

Below this I'm showing the use of avatars and how they will look when we post anything in forums.

When we use avatars these will help others to judge yourself and about your nature.
I thought you are now aware of avatars and in the next post sure I will show you the size and where we can get these type of avatars to use for these purpose.

Get in touch of these icons

2008-04-02T05:15:00.000-07:00

Application Icons :
Generally application icons are used within in software of specific computer applications.They are a built-in part of the software. Mainly applicable in Software like MS Word, Photoshop, Internet Explorer, Excel.

Website Icons :
Just like application icons they are usually icons people can universally associate with the given function. Mainly applicable in Internet (website) - Interface, navigation

Avatars :
These icons are representations of users in a shared virtual reality. Within online virtual communities and Internet forums. Avatars are pictures mainly applicable in Web Forums and some Bulletin Boards.

Desktop icons :
The most commonly recognized icons by most people. They are used to convey purpose of an available function on a computer. On a very graphic oriented Windows environment such as Windows XP the common desktop icons you might see are “My Computer”, “Recycle Bin”, and various file folders with labels.Mainly applicable in OS Desktop - Windows, Macintosh, Linux KDE/Gnome

Emotion icons :
Emotion icons are images (icons) which allow participants to express their opinions visually. The icon image emotion icons are a relatively new idea and allow flexibility for better conveying variations and subtleties in human expression.Emotion icons are also called smileys. Mainly applicable in Chat Software - AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Chat programs

Rogue Icons :
Rogue Icons tend to fit into more than one icon type because of their size and format. So really they are less confined than the standard icon types but they cause a lot of confusion since they do not fit into any one category.
Misfits are icons that simply don't fit into ANY category

Most commonly used Windows XP Icons

2008-03-11T02:27:00.000-07:00

I will show some common windows xp icons which is being used by Microsoft Corporation. I thought we are familiar with some common desk top icons that are used to represent folders like My computer, Network places, My pictures and so on.

Desktop Icons:

Below is the list of icons that we are used to represent some important folders in desk top and in some other places.

I thought you are now clear about Icons and their uses. The above icon set is the one which is commonly used for windows application and for website design.

Toolbar Icons:

There are some icons which is used in the toolbars to represent some actions such as back, forward, refresh and so on. See this Icons below which is used to represent these actions in toolbars.

Image Source : Microsoft Corporation

These are some major icons which is commonly used by windows xp to represent folders.

Vista and Xp Style icons

2007-11-25T20:32:00.000-08:00

Icons plays a major role in software applications. Each and every one should know about icons and their uses.

At first Know what is meant by Icons?
Icons are usually a small graphical objects which is used to represent a program, any actions or a concepts that helps users to recognize and grasp the meaning of particular actions.

Where we are using Icons:
Today the icons are largely used in various softwares companies and in some printing services for designing purpose. Generally icons are used in computer desktops, toolbars and in some computer applications such as MS Word, etc.
Icons are represented as Vista icon, Xp Style icon, desktop icon, Application Icon , Messenger Icons , Avator and so on.

How to design Icons:
Icons should generally be designed by high end professionals. There are various icons and they differ in sizes.
The maximum size of a icon should be of 256 x 256 pixels. For example GUI(Graphical User Interphase) will produce a set of 16, 32, and 48 pixel icons for any program and sets of 16, 24, 48 and 96 pixel icons for other program.Icons should be designed by considering the guidlines given by microsoft corporation.

Sizes recommended by microsoft :

48 x 48 pixels
32 x 32 pixels
16 x 16 pixels

Each icon colors depths that supports some monitors :

24-bit with 8-bit alpha (Windows XP)
8-bit (256 colors)
4-bit (16 colors)

Icon Colors:
Color selection usually affects both the users and the designers. Care should be take while selecting colors. Windows usually use 4-bit (16 color), 8-bit (256-color), and 32-bit (WindowsXP) images in multiple sizes.
There are some primary colors which is used for designing window icons.

Icon format:
There are some icons format which supports limited colors. For example in starting stage xp icons usually supports only 256 colors but now there are nearly 16 million colors.
The xp style icons which supports some vista are named as vista icons , due to the rich colors.
Icons are usually edited by using photoshop, Illustrator, Icon editor and so on.

Quality xp style icons:
Icons should be of high quality.The icons should give a good look and feel. It should be user friendly and should need all the qualities for all softwares.

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