Make Your App Icons Boring
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Make Your App Icons Boring
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#2I disagree in one sense: Making it too boring will make the user spend time trying to find it. iOS/Android suffers from icon overload.
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#3I've gotta say, apps that utilize the same diagonal-line structure as native iOS apps are confusing, even more when they use the same blue that everyone else does (http://pxldot.com/post/26373071943/apples-icon-ecosystem-or-...).
I understand the sentiment and I appreciate that we're trying to make things more streamlined, but the impactful distinctions between icons across each screen increases my use of the service because I'm not glancing over it trying to find it. I like being able to visually separate what was on my phone when I bought it and what I've downloaded.
While a lot of icons are outright terrible in either interpretation or general aesthetics, I'd rather they be unique than lost in a sea of all of the others that look just like it.
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#4I think the problem with this concept is your premise is based around functionality while your reasoning is based around purchasing. Frankly I almost never think about the app icon once purchased, it’s like reading names in books. I almost never know how to pronounce characters until I have to say them aloud, then for the life of me I have no idea how they sound. Case in point: (until the movie came out) how you pronounced “Hermione” (weird example I know). Back to the point, the icon itself gets it recognized for purchase…making it more harmonious with your app experience once downloaded is an ancillary benefit at best?
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#5I think the problem with this concept is your premise is based around functionality while your reasoning is based around purchasing. Frankly I almost never think about the app icon once purchased, it’s like reading names in books. I almost never know how to pronounce characters until I have to say them aloud, then for the life of me I have no idea how they sound. Case in point: (until the movie came out) how you pron…
If your users feel better about your app, they are more likely to tell others about your app. That's far more likely to get you found and purchased than popping slightly more than the next guy in the app store. That said, it's not clear just how big an impact a cleaner icon has, and the likelihood that your users will be talking about you in the first place probably depends on what your app does, &c. It does seem a good thing to keep in mind, though.
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#6I've gotta say, apps that utilize the same diagonal-line structure as native iOS apps are confusing, even more when they use the same blue that everyone else does ( http://pxldot.com/post/26373071943/apples-icon-ecosystem-or-... ). I understand the sentiment and I appreciate that we're trying to make things more streamlined, but the impactful distinctions between icons across each screen increases my use of the servi…
That's what I was thinking. I think I would prefer to have good looking icons with their own identity. Having more apps using the same diagonal-line with gradient background will make it all look bland.
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#7Icons currently on my iphone which I would confuse with SparrowLinkedIn
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As much as the author would like Cinematic to be a utility its not. Sparrow is used every day it deserves to have a spot on the app launcher.
This seems like a product owner trying to project his own ideal concept of his app "Like Sparrow, I hope that Cinematic will become a utility for my users,"
No its not, you're answering the wrong question if you're asking "What do I want my Icon to convey", instead of "What does my Icon Do? How can I make that better?" Because the answer should be "Make it easy for my users to find and launch my app". Solve that problem by making a distinct icon that can be easily found when needed. Fandango's icon is perfect its the only one I have with a white field. When I want to find movie times, I can always find it easily even though it lives in a folder.
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#8I think the problem with this concept is your premise is based around functionality while your reasoning is based around purchasing. Frankly I almost never think about the app icon once purchased, it’s like reading names in books. I almost never know how to pronounce characters until I have to say them aloud, then for the life of me I have no idea how they sound. Case in point: (until the movie came out) how you pron…
Regarding names in books, I find that I often learn to recognize names by the vague shape of the composing characters, and am unaware even of the exact spelling of the name.
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#9Whenever I see posts like this, I always question the small amount of customization an icon allows for. If people are putting this much effort into these tiny little icons, I hope that we get to see the same amount of effort go into windows (phone) 8 live tiles. Theres much more room and more dynamics to make your app pop on the start screen.
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#10Icons currently on my iphone which I would confuse with Sparrow LinkedIn Twitter Google Voice imo Safari App Store Voice Memos As much as the author would like Cinematic to be a utility its not. Sparrow is used every day it deserves to have a spot on the app launcher. This seems like a product owner trying to project his own ideal concept of his app "Like Sparrow, I hope that Cinematic will become a utility for my us…
Did you seriously just point out all of the blue icons you could find? Regardless of the fact that they would seriously be confused with Sparrow's icon?