More Favourite Favicons

I've been keeping my eye out for more good favicons and I've found quite a few nice additions to the original collection. Again, let me know if there are any sites you'd recommend.

Choosing which favicons to include is obviously a really subjective process, but there are a few criteria that I've been loosely adhering to. First off, icons with aliased edges for the most part have not been included. Until transparency is properly supported, these icons are only attractive on white or near white backgrounds, which isn't always the case with tabs and dropdown menus. Zeldman's favicon (in the original set) is one obvious exception because it's so freakin' nice. Simplicity and clarity are the two most important attributes of anything this small. Granted nobody relies solely on the meaning of a favicon, but the ability to clearly display a meaningful image in a 16 x 16 area is a real challenge and some of these favicons do an extraordinary job.

See the complete collection of favicons I've been gathering.

Comments

David July - April 17, 2004 2:17 pm

http://www.mountsutro.org

I would honestly have to include your own favicon in a list of extraordinary icons. When I open 10-15 tabs of daily read sites yours often sticks out from the masses as a result of the catchy and appropriate icon.

Joe Dombroski - April 19, 2004 2:45 pm

http://www.jwdom.com

I don't know if you've seen it or not, but at IconSurf.com, you may browse a chunk of the internet using only favicons as pointers. I'm not particularly fond of most of the icons there, but there are some gems. Maybe it'll help you in your search for a third set.

- Joe

Steven Marshall - April 22, 2004 3:19 pm

http://steviebm.jablog.com

Personally, I like the favicon of Aqua-Soft.org, but then, I'm a little biased, as I'm a member of staff...

Nick Burka - May 7, 2004 4:02 pm

http://gallery.whitelands.com

<p>Some more props should go out to Daniel (for bias, remember that I'm his brother) for some of his recent favicons.</p>
<a href="http://www.swiftradius.com/" title="Swift Radius" class="favicon"><img src="http://www.swiftradius.com/favicon.ico" width="16" height="16" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://labs.silverorange.com/" title="silverorange labs" class="favicon"><img src="http://labs.silverorange.com/favicon.ico" width="16" height="16" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://stuff.silverorange.com/" title="silverorange stuff" class="favicon"><img src="http://stuff.silverorange.com/favicon.ico" width="16" height="16" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://http://www.hampshirepewter.com/" title="hampshire pewter" class="favicon"><img src="http://www.hampshirepewter.com/favicon.ico" width="16" height="16" alt="" /></a>
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Scott MacIntosh - June 9, 2004 9:08 pm

http://www.swiftradius.com

Every second or third visitor to our site comments on the neat favicon from DTB. Nice differentiator.

kabloc - December 8, 2004 2:19 pm

http://www.kabloc.com.br

<a href="http://www.kabloc.com.br/" title="Kabloc - Home" class="favicon"><img src="http://www.kabloc.com.br/favicon.ico" alt=""></a> THIS IS MY FAVICON !!!!!!!