The First IconPackages
Back in the day...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
The year is 1999, IconPackager brings simple icon switching to Windows and the world erupts in joyous cheers! Well, maybe not. But artists did set to work on creating new custom icon sets to save everyone from the horror of the default windows icons.
Here are just a handful of the very first IconPackager sets uploaded to WinCustomize.
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Cyber RS |
Suzi Wong |
Kid OS |
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Vaio |
iMac |
Odd |
Wow the previews were tiny back then.
Hankers
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:45 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:45 PM
Good stuff Zoomba. Interesting to see original submissions and how icons have progressed since then. 
c242
Reply #6 Thursday, May 1, 2008 2:18 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, May 1, 2008 2:18 AM
Yes, Copland and D.O.T. and other Japanese Icon Artists were pretty big those time. Both quit icon making. 
I think many of those old icons were done pixel by pixel.
I think many of those old icons were done pixel by pixel.
Jafo
Reply #7 Thursday, May 1, 2008 2:36 AM
Reply #7 Thursday, May 1, 2008 2:36 AM
Copland was pretty famous in the day.
Yep....one I definitely remember....
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #8 Thursday, May 1, 2008 2:39 AM
Reply #8 Thursday, May 1, 2008 2:39 AM
I remember for quite a while there were no packages with large icons, just poxy diddy ones. Ah, the good old days... 
Cerebus1970
Reply #9 Thursday, May 1, 2008 3:26 AM
Reply #9 Thursday, May 1, 2008 3:26 AM
Masatoshi Ueji
was really good icon creator,i have used a few of his themes.
his website was called M's Factory.
freezejeans
Reply #10 Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:08 PM
Reply #10 Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:08 PM
Copland & M's Factory...wow, what great memories! I love articles like this, keep 'em coming, please 
MarkMcQ
Reply #11 Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:21 PM
Reply #11 Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:21 PM
Icons have come a long way. Most of those were ported from the Mac sets. Nowadays people are turning out amazing stuff.
DArnaez
Reply #12 Friday, May 2, 2008 11:35 AM
Just on 2004 I began to turn a little bit the concept of iconography with this 3D wave. I need to thanks to all that people that encourage me to do it. Cheers!
Reply #12 Friday, May 2, 2008 11:35 AM
Copland was pretty famous in the day.
Yeah!!! I remember the first time that I found this website... I spend hours, days, downloading iconpacks. I never thought that I would be capable of to make my own iconthemes... 
Just on 2004 I began to turn a little bit the concept of iconography with this 3D wave. I need to thanks to all that people that encourage me to do it. Cheers!
Mackintosh
Reply #13 Friday, May 2, 2008 6:22 PM
Reply #13 Friday, May 2, 2008 6:22 PM
I remember that iMac package, used it for a long time. Copland's were awesome too. Brings back memories, doesn't it?
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Reply #1 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:45 PM
I don't recognize any of those names. I wonder if any are still skinning?