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Anyone know what's going on with iconfactory.com? Something is in the works, judging by the the little movie that now plays when you goto the site. Could be intersting. I love that site.
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I dealt with one of the people responsible for that site 10 years ago and he was really odd and pushy. Left me with a bad feeling for that site ever since.
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looks like they discovered css and are redesigning the site to compliance.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
looks like they discovered css and are redesigning the site to compliance.
From their website... it looks like css (WC3) found them
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I like that little video they made with the W3C truck.
On a related note - WTF happened to resexcellence.com?
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Originally Posted by Kr0nos
On a related note - WTF happened to resexcellence.com?
nothing? its still about, but in desperate need of an overhaul.
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Originally Posted by Kr0nos
I like that little video they made with the W3C truck.
On a related note - WTF happened to resexcellence.com?
I think the guy who owned it gave up on it and gave it to the top poster of his forums or something.
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That video was awesome though
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I guess I understand. But couldn't they just leave the site up until they finish the redesign?
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From what I can tell from that cartoon, someone from the wc3 showed up at iconfactory offering a suitcase full of money if they made their site wc3 compliant. The people of the iconfactory bitched and thought it was a horrible idea and went back inside.
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Originally Posted by nforcer
From what I can tell from that cartoon, someone from the wc3 showed up at iconfactory offering a suitcase full of money if they made their site wc3 compliant. The people of the iconfactory bitched and thought it was a horrible idea and went back inside.
In any case, the story isn't over. Judging from the look of the rest of the page, that movie is the first in a series.
I'm forced to wonder, however, why they seem to have taken the whole site down. Why not leave the old site up while the redesign is in progress? If the redesign is already finished, then why not switch to it immediately? Either way, the movies could still be used as a temporary splash page to announce the new (or pending) changes.
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It's a good way to generate hype. Nothing wrong with that
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Correct, they updated it today...
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It will be worth the wait. I can't tell you anything about it, but it'll be sweet.
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
It will be worth the wait. I can't tell you anything about it, but it'll be sweet.
I too can confirm it'll be worth the wait, and be really exciting. Some great ruby stuff coming.
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Movie 2: Moving into a trailer makes you want to pee.
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One of the coolest things about the site besides the icons are the pixel animations. Good stuff!
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Originally Posted by demograph68
One of the coolest things about the site besides the icons are the pixel animations. Good stuff!
Agreed.
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I like the cameo Optimus Prime makes in video 3.
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Originally Posted by Ghoser777
I like the cameo Optimus Prime makes in video 3.
I think these are hilarious!
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Originally Posted by demograph68
One of the coolest things about the site besides the icons are the pixel animations. Good stuff!
It's all Copland style.
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Originally Posted by Ghoser777
I like the cameo Optimus Prime makes in video 3.
That was great. The Transmit icon's cameo was also cool.
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That wasn't Transmit, that was the red IF logo (if you're talking about the 2nd truck).
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
That wasn't Transmit, that was the red IF logo (if you're talking about the 2nd truck).
I'm talking about that truck, but take another look at it. The red IF logo isn't the only thing that makes it different from the other trucks.
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Yeah, but I don' think that's the point -- but I can't say why since I promised not to.
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Interesting but... how does icon factory make much money? I mean they seem to have staff and stuff but I can't imagine paying for what they sell... though maybe I'm just cheap.
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Originally Posted by Salty
Interesting but... how does icon factory make much money? I mean they seem to have staff and stuff but I can't imagine paying for what they sell... though maybe I'm just cheap.
Noticed how they made all of Windows XP's icons and other high profile projects? There's your answer
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Day #4 is the best so far
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I don't get #4. What is up with that teleport thing?
Also, did they add a day? I thought for sure it was 5 days total.
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Originally Posted by Landos Mustache
I don't get #4. What is up with that teleport thing?
Also, did they add a day? I thought for sure it was 5 days total.
I'm rather sure it's always been 6 days.
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Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh
I'm rather sure it's always been 6 days.
I just found this at digg:
"The Icon Factory, one of the great icon and pixelated design agencies, has created a fantastic five part video describing their move to web standards. Hilarious and beautiful. They're on Day 3 of 5 as of this posting. Can't wait for the next installments."
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Originally Posted by Landos Mustache
I don't get #4. What is up with that teleport thing?
Also, did they add a day? I thought for sure it was 5 days total.
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Absolutely brilliant!
Does this mean they brought somebody in from Sweden to do their site? (I'm reffering to the part where they 'teleport' people in…)
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Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh
I'm rather sure it's always been 6 days.
I remember it being six days too.
And I'm pretty sure I saw the Transmit truck that time.
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Day 4 interpretation and findings:
The new iconfactory buttons will require 8 people to stand on your mouse before they react.
Iconfactory employees are actually modern-day Acolytes from Warcraft III. They are able to summon people from other areas (ie, "summoning is complete").
Panic really should get a real life truck like that and drive it around.
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I tried to sig-spam the forums.
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Anyone want to interpret day 5? Apple, something like an airport logo, a red truck. Then a witch with a jack-o-lantern, and pie charts. Something about pumpkin pie?
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OOOOOOOOOOO ****!!!! they made new icon designs for leopard!!
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Leopard in Ooctober? Apple buying IF? Pumpkin piecharts!? IF does some Leopard icons? All? OMG!
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock
OOOOOOOOOOO ****!!!! they made new icon designs for leopard!!
Lets hope so, I hated the current folder designs from day one.
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
Anyone want to interpret day 5? …something like an airport logo…
That was an RSS feed logo.
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the pumpkin makes me wonder.
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Originally Posted by dillerX
the pumpkin makes me wonder.
It's gotta by a metaphor for October.
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Originally Posted by MindFad
It's gotta by a metaphor for October.
What about the pie charts?
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Originally Posted by dillerX
the pumpkin makes me wonder.
Well, every Halloween season, they have a "spooky" skin they put on the site. Maybe it has something to do with that.
Looks like the new site will be W3C standards compliant, built with CSS, not <br> and <table> tags improperly, have a better database, have some Ruby on Rails code involved in some way and have RSS feeds.
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Originally Posted by dillerX
the pumpkin makes me wonder.
what i think is this: pumpkins are usually for halloween. you carve pumpkins into something new and interesting ( a jackolatern) so i think the pumpkin symbolizes major changes to something familiar
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock
what i think is this: pumpkins are usually for halloween. you carve pumpkins into something new and interesting ( a jackolatern) so i think the pumpkin symbolizes major changes to something familiar
Like the whole site?
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
What about the pie charts?
Presentation?
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