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Making love to the new feed icon

By Trond. Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:32:39 PM

Yes, we're adopting it too, and it will be in the next weekly build. Thanks to www.feedicons.com for making it so easy! Oh, and in case you haven't seen it before (what are the odds.. ), I've attached a large version to this post which you can make love to.

First Weekly BuildsOpera 8.52

Comments

RamūnasRamunas Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:40:03 PM

Nice, i love this icon. That blue square was getting boring smile

PaiTrakt Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:45:09 PM

Love it smile
Never really liked that blue one Opera uses...
And the next weekly will be out tomorrow?

Trond Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:46:46 PM

We aim for friday releases, yes.

freonchill Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:53:13 PM

thats good, commonality among all browsers will perhaps help any newbie to RSS be more comfortable w/ trying it.

though ive loved the blue RSS icon that shows up in the address bar if that page has it, used to have to hunt in the page for the little link @ the bottom of the page.

Dennis-Hawks Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:53:27 PM

Hmm.. more people will tell that Opera becomes more and more Fx-ish wink though they do not understand who is now the idea generator wink
But anyway, upcheersbeer
Waiting for tomorrow build!

toblerone Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:59:59 PM

No. This is just ugly. Opera is not Firefox. Stop using Firefox's ugly colors. Opera can use another color, like red. That is Opera's color. People will still recognise the button, but it does not have to be exactly like Firefox. I hate the way you let your competition dictate your design. It feels like a lack of imagination, and a lack of identity.

RamūnasRamunas Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:00:20 PM

Will there be a UNIX build tomorrow?

velmu Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:02:07 PM

It's good to see that icon becoming more and more popular. People are starting to recognize it instantly - even people who think the icon for the internet is a blue "e" smile

I suppose I could dig it up for myself, but what icon will IE7 use?

Petter Nilsenmitchman2 Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:07:10 PM

IE7 will use the same icon.

Dennis-Hawks Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:07:59 PM

@velmu
Orange like this one. It already uses it.
toblerone

Opera can use another color, like red.


up
+1

Daniel Goldmandanigoldman Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:17:34 PM

I'm glad to see some unification among the various browser venders.

Aux Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:18:56 PM

Very nice (:

P.S. When users should wait proper widget restoring on Opera launch and support for .wdgt extension in system?

_Grey_ Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:26:38 PM

I don't really care. The RSS Icons isn't a beauty either.

Though I must admit I was very confused when the icon first appeared in FF.

I don't think the icon really makes sense, but it's recognisable, and that's the desired effect. Don't make Opera drop this idea. It's (useful) progress in integration, imho.

Icfu Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:44:05 PM

It sucks, not only because it's stolen or let's say copy, shaked&pasted from http://www.dvbviewer.com but also because Opera should set standards, not Firefox.

Icfu

MrFrodo Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:49:25 PM

I already see this in TP2. I see it right now for this page, as a matter of fact...

Icfu Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:02:55 PM

You are using a skin then.

Icfu

saito Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:06:15 PM

You don't have to wait new preview to get it. Just edit skin.ini
So if you don't like it, replace another graphics and set RSS under [Boxes]. Now you can prove Opera is superior to others with ease.

jackpea Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:13:06 PM

*Makes love to it*

minisu Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:50:27 PM

"Opera should set the standards, not FF"

Stop whining. If FF make a good open standard, Opera should follow and vice versa.

Jakub81 Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:53:34 PM

Oh no! I am against Firefox and Microsoft dictate. It's not a good standard. This icon is badly designed, misleading. I think I will create a my.opera group for people who are against the icon.

MrFrodo Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:56:08 PM

"You are using a skin then. -Icfu"

I am! - Tango CL, actually. Interesting. Thanks for pointing that out.

cheers

ManukKvaZaR Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:11:30 PM

Make some another icon! That's icon is already in use by another browsers, why we must be like them??? Give some money to designer, and let him make good icon special for opera.

Anyway i will not use it wink

Kostia RomanovKildor Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:22:30 PM

Oh, no :-(((((((((((
Well… I put some aditional icons to standart_skin, so it will be easy to change this ugly icon to old and nice… $)
But, I wait tomorrow build, hope to it`s fixed some of my bugs… $)

Hermenhermen2048 Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:25:43 PM

I'm really glad that I have a choice...

pLastic01 Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:29:31 PM

Please make it some color that matches the other opera buttons smile

Eddieelcid73 Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:39:40 PM

Seems like most people were against the idea when I brought it up here: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=116370

Anyway- it's a step in the right direction... but some of the protesters here are justified in asking to perhaps change the color. Look at the other defacto-standards on our toolbars between IE, FF, and Opera: the Refresh icon is different colors and design in all three browsers, but still the basic idea is there. The home icon is very similar in FF/IE, but still easily ID in Opera.

The home icon is cheating a bit since that's an icon representing a literal item, but the refresh icon is more suitable for comparison as it represents a more abstract or intangible thing like a Feed or subscription.

Karl-Johan SjögrenLordDaimos Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:40:15 PM

Good choice! Great that the major browsers now will use the same RSS icon smile

Icfu Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:48:46 PM

>> Stop whining. If FF make a good open standard,
>> Opera should follow and vice versa.
Besides I don't like "discussing" with people using childish "stop whining"-aggressions, you deserve a more precise answer:

This is not a good standard because
-the icon says "Attention, broadcast available!". So, in fact I would LOVE such an icon as a symbol for multimedia streams offered by a website, for example (P2P-)TV and (P2P-)Radio stations, but NOT for an RSS feed which is something completely different.
-I am repeating myself – the icon is not an original one. Stealing ideas from others without asking or giving credit is unwelcome.

@MrFrodo:
You're welcome. smile

Icfu

Helena Polovinčákováhelenka Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:52:23 PM

if we need the same logo as firefox (agree it's good for newbies and we have other feed than rss, of course), it can be better to have it in red colour (more red than orange :-)) as oblerone said, red is our colour :-)

Matt Brett Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:57:16 PM

Great news indeed! Glad you found FeedIcons.com useful.

Now, we need to get on Apple to adopt the icon and we'll have all the 'big guys' on board.

Petr Mikotabubersson Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:28:54 PM

I think this icon isnt so nice and good-designed, that I have to have it. ;-)
But I have another small problem: When I have the big progress-bar on the bottom of the page (with speed, time etc.) and If I open the side-bar (by clicking on it) and then close it, the big progress-bar is like choped off from the right side. This problem is from version 7.54 and is still there...
And the last thing. Thank you for releasing the weekly builds. I thing its the best idea ever...

Jakobjakob Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:36:21 PM

I think the orange button fits very well into the opera colors. The reload button is orange and both buttons represent renewal/change.

Maybe you should carry the orange button style to widgets too.

Sushubh Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:41:07 PM

i am going to use a skin to get rid of this icon p

João EirasxErath Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:47:34 PM

I hate it.

RamūnasRamunas Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:09:54 PM

At first i liked it, but on a second thought opera could use something of its own.

SamSuperfluid Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:25:37 PM

It's a freaking icon. Some of you people act like Opera was bought by Microsoft or something...

mcovey Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:07:44 PM

You should add an option to make it blue, so it blends in. If it isn't already, that is.

The symbol is more meaningful than the color.

Ilya Birmanilyabirman Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:14:05 PM

I have suggested a "comprosime" some time ago: http://ilyabirman.ru/meanwhile/2006/01/02/1. (The blog is in Russian, but you still can see the picture).

My +1 for the reddish icon. It could even follow the skin's color theme in some way...

Northgrove Thursday, February 16, 2006 11:40:39 PM

Um, now this isn't just a Firefox gimmick, it's supposed to end up in IE 7 as well (the same icon). It's a standardized icon to make it easier for users to understand that feature, not intended as a cheap rip-off of Firefox.

"At first i liked it, but on a second thought opera could use something of its own."

But that's not the point! The whole point here is to use something NOT of its own.

Milton Arístides Jovel Meléndezmiltonari Thursday, February 16, 2006 11:43:50 PM

I hate it too.

chesss Friday, February 17, 2006 2:26:21 AM

The icon sucks! but then again its a great thing for all that there will be a standard.

Hein Torezyph Friday, February 17, 2006 2:49:51 AM

Ugly? No. But please make it red or blue.

janbar Friday, February 17, 2006 3:29:04 AM

From http://www.feedicons.com/

"Customize

Not a fan of orange? Download the package and customize the icon to your liking. We believe that as a symbol, the feed icon is recognizable enough that it doesn't need to be restricted to one colour."

Then I dont see any problem... ;]

Greetings,

janbar.smile)

Kostia RomanovKildor Friday, February 17, 2006 5:44:14 AM

not only colour sucks, icon ugly itself, fortunately it can be easely cuttoff from skin… ;-)

//markpoleon Friday, February 17, 2006 6:14:26 AM

bad icon...

Matthew McGowannzMM Friday, February 17, 2006 6:27:54 AM

How bout a blue version, that way it retains some degree of the Opera look.

Jakub81 Friday, February 17, 2006 7:50:31 AM

At least make it blue...

Arche Twistarchetwist Friday, February 17, 2006 10:37:30 AM

This icon is awful and meaningless (3 semicircular bars? What the hell?). But if standarization is such an important thing, I think you should be more consistent and standarize the program icon also, that is replace Opera icon with Firefox icon :> .

sebt Friday, February 17, 2006 11:52:39 AM

bigsmile

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