MMX Mercury iconsets released

http://www.mmicons.com/
from JoeUser Forums
Being a Mac-iconist he released the sets for Windows XP, too. Dazzla did a great job in converting 380 icons for use in XP. Be sure not to miss some of the icons as the menu system is a bit twisted. His older sets are partly ready for download in XP format, too.
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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
i love them
just curious though.. is it possible to use icon packager to import them? or ya have to like change all the icons one by one??
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
They are by the far the hottest icons i have ever seen.

I changed them one by one then made my own personal theme. Took forever but well worth it. Maybe i'll do a screenshot.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
There is an IP-Theme in the IP section here, must have been uploadd shortly after I posted the news. Lucky enough to own 2 PC's, so I can use these and the incredible FauxS-XP sets.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
'uploadd' = 'uploaded'
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
News on this : http://www.neowin.net/bboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23271

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
these look great. i've been waiting on another really good icon set. this one made me change from fauxs-xp cobalt.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hm, bandwidth exceeded perhaps...
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Not everyone likes them: http://www.virtualplastic.net/msgboard/messages/3/618.html?1019204894
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
, well it's a matter of taste as always, I guess...
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
i think they're fabulous.. an excellent update and expansion to their originals. i don't understand, however, the limited backlash against detailed 32bit icons.

i saw the debate first when os ten debuted, and some complained they were no longer icons, but pictures. i think this is rediculous.

many like to hang on to old ways of doing things.. i guess i could be typing this on my old atari 800 or a c64.. but i'm not.

regarding the art of iconography, it seems odd for an artist to actually -want- limits and boundaries. regardless of how detailed icons are, they still have to convey an idea graphically, hopefully even after i've erased the annoying text beneath it. to say this has removed the challenge or worth of the endeavor is to be stultifyingly short-sighted.
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
from the main menu, click on mmx-mercury. then click one of the icon sets at the bottom. then click 'windows xp' in the main window. this will begin the .zip download.