The small version (like in the start menu) looks like a yellow cloud (compare this with the small icons in Media Player or Photo Gallery – which are perfect). The new folder icon just work well at large scale. Windows Vista loses completely! In XP every icon has an easy to read silhouette with the exact same shadow. The most important thing in designing icons. The next big design issue is contrast and shape. It just looks ugly when there are a lot of icons side by side. They did not work as well as the old ones did: an isometric projection works a lot better than this perspectice projection (MS now has the same “perspective issues” as Apple has, just take a look at the “my games” folder icon). The new icons aren’t real icons but beautiful pictures. I really loved XP’s icons because of the strength and clarity. Hmm, for me this icons aren’t a real design milestone.
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