Feedback wanted on RSS icon for IE7
October 9, 2005 by admin
Filed under IE7, Windows Vista
Microsoft’s IE7 team is asking for feedback on an icon to represent RSS (or Web) feeds on its latest version of Windows Internet Explorer, IE7.
1 – We use a variation of the gleam to convey that feeds are updatable.
2 – The ring illustrates movement around a feed.
3 – This is a spark to show new information being broadcasted.
4 – We use waves to show broadcasting of content.
5 – This is the Beta 1 icon with our new requirements.
The IE team prefers a symbol to text : “The choice of what icon to use is challenging because it should be universally symbolic, but today there is no single icon [to] represent feeds. Instead there’s a variety of mostly orange rectangles with the words XML, RSS, ATOM, FEED, or Subscribe.”
Most people now agree that an icon is preferable because of the wide range of languages used on the web. If you have a preference, click here and make your choice known in the comments.
