On Sun, 10 Aug 2014, at 02:59, gnosygnu wrote:
> Here's a cleaner link: https://imgur.com/a/JFN9y

I can't read single-color flat icons. I don't discern them as something 
clickable or functional.

In 1990s, Microsoft invented 256 colors icons which look a bit 3d:
http://www.7tutorials.com/files/img/wordpad/Wordpad_1.jpg
these icons were used by other apps:
http://www.favbrowser.com/images/mosaic-browser.jpg

and today 3d with more color such as notepad in windows 7:
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z8qe-WH8cYY/TsSHqCM_tqI/AAAAAAAAASw/cOD0O7Nw00k/s200/notepad-icon.jpg

but in windows 8 the icon is flat and two-color again which is a pain:
http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/dakirby309/windows-8-metro/256/Apps-Notepad-Metro-icon.png

can we please go away from flat one- or two-color icons in web design?

svetlana

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