Maybe this is just me, but does anyone else think the XP design is timeless? Maybe it's because I grew up with it, but looking at these icons....it's not <i>ugly</i>. The interface strikes a good balance between skeuomorphism and unique digital design that I feel is missing from all of today's UI designs.<p>I don't know. I think XP looks nice, even compared to today's standards.
That entire page is just one giant trip down the memory lane. Kind of hard to digest how much of an impact XP had on the desktop OS scene, it's truly the gold standard imo.<p>Vista's subsequent failure [0] only added to XP's rise.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLgRryt2ZtE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLgRryt2ZtE</a>
It seems they were (at least partially) designed by IconFactory. They do cool icons to this day.<p><a href="https://design.iconfactory.com/microsoft-windows-xp/" rel="nofollow">https://design.iconfactory.com/microsoft-windows-xp/</a>
Luna[0] looks pretty dated to my eyes, but I'd gladly switch back to the Windows XP icon style.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_visual_styles" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_visual_styles</a>
> Each Windows XP icon should contain these three color depths to support different monitor display settings:<p>> 24-bit with 8-bit alpha (32-bit)<p>> 8-bit (256 colors) with 1-bit transparency<p>> 4-bit (16 colors) with 1-bit transparency<p>This has been bugging me for a few years: when (and why) did we switch from measuring color depth as a total of all channels to measuring color depth as a single channel? When people talk about image and video formats today, "8-bit" means 8 bits per channel (presumably meaning 32 bits per pixel), not 256 colors total.
Back when themes we're actually good. I started on Windows 3.1 as a kid. Every update from 3.1 through 7 was an improvement on the theme. After that it went downhill.
These are Mac icons, not Windows, but they're also small 32x32 pixel artwork.<p><a href="https://iconpush.github.io" rel="nofollow">https://iconpush.github.io</a>