Icons with great eye candy

These days, more and more emphasis is being put on beautifying the graphic user interface (GUI). One of the easiest ways to attract the attention is to put some eye candy there. It should hold the attention and make a viewer dig deeper in to the your application. If the Website or application has drab looks, it will give a bad first impression.

While surfing through the jungles of internet, I came across icons-land.com, a website that provides icons for your applications or Websites. Provided your software is useable, these icons will give you value addition to the products. There is a wide collection of icons for toolbars, places, sports, emoticons, transports, multimedia devices, and modern hardware. The icons are designed in Windows Vista style, so this will give you an idea about how cool the icons look. They will be a treat for your eyes in the Windows Vista Aero interface.

Icons-land has cheap high-quality icons in stock. You can visit the Website and get the ones that you like. If you don’t like what you see, then custom design service is also available out there.

There is a set of icons for variety of purposes like Points of Interest (POI), GPS, basic software, weather, etc. A set will cost you around $50-$120 depending on what you are buying and you can also purchase a single icon for $5.

These icons are a good option for developers who are looking for icons for their applications or Websites. I have seen a lot of iPhone apps using icons made by Icons-Land and was pleased with them.

The quality is top notch, it adds to the beauty of the user interface. The icons looked fresh, clear and they use vibrant colors.

Other highlights of this service are:

• Icon formats, which depend on the icon set. You can check the package details that you will be ordering. Mostly, the icons are given in .ico and .png format. The former is for Windows applications whereas the latter is for Websites, Linux applications, mobile phone apps, toolbars and Windows apps.
• Icons are given in Alpha channel+TrueColor. Maximum size of the icons is 256×256. You might need icons in different sizes like 128×128, 96×96, 80×80, 72×72, 64×64, 48×48, 32×32, 24×24, 16×16. You will get icons converted in your preferred size for free!
• Icons, once purchased can be used for unlimited websites and software applications. You buy them, you own them! You can also modify these icons according to your needs. However, you cannot distribute them to any other party for their use.
• The service uses eSellerate for payments. All major credit cards like JCB, American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted. You can also use PayPal while placing your order.
• Accepted currencies for payments are Swiss Franc, Sweden Krona, South African Rand, Singapore Dollar, Norwegian Krone, New Zealand Dollar, Japanese Yen, Hong Kong Dollar, Danish Krone, Canadian Dollar, British Pound, Australian Dollar, Euro and US Dollar.

I will be asking all my developer friends to have a look at Icon-land.com for icons on their applications.