![]() This icon might be the best example of how Windows style progressed over time. In this case, the program icon doubles as a current day and month indicator. The icon of iCal (calendar application in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther) is a nice and still rare example of those dynamic icons that change their appearance based on context. Is it even a little bit surprising that most icons for help system feature a question mark in one or other form? Check out all the icons for help and see what GUIs escaped the obvious association – for good or bad. Icons for Commodore C64 edition of GEOS were also monochromatic, but 24×21 pixels each, almost exactly half the size of Mac’s pictograms. If you thought first Macintosh icons were small and simple, think again. Is this the only icon that was updated? Check it out in the big icon chart. ![]() The icon for Mac OS X’s Finder (application and file manager) changed slightly between 10.2 Jaguar and 10.3 Panther editions of the system. This icon, from Windows 1.0, is an exception and always shows the current system time. The icons for clock usually show some fixed hours, such as 3 PM in Windows 3.x and five past five in OS/2 Warp. Fortunately, Microsoft hired Susan Kare of Macintosh’s fame to prettify the 1990’s release of Windows 3.0. ![]() As the other icons in this GUI, it is black and white, small, and – quite frankly – rather awful. This is the calculator icon from Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Is this the only change? Check for yourself in the big icon chart. The calculator icon changed slightly between Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, to reflect the latter’s switch to even more metal. Check out other BeOS icons in the big icon chart. The isometric view and choice of colours make BeOS icons very nice looking and hardly possible to be mistaken with any other GUI. ![]() GUIdebook > Icons > Featured icons Home > Icons > Featured icons ![]()
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