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You're gonna LOVE this excellent collection of
beautifully hand-crafted 3-D Folder and Disk icons.
Those of you who are already familiar with
SelectColorIcons won't need ME to convince them
that this is a worthwhile download.
If you haven't yet seen the SelectColorIcons series,
you're in for a rare treat! Although, I must warn you,
you may never want to go back to normal desktop
icons again!
Try this:
Select a normal Folder icon on your desktop .
Notice how it just darkens? Pretty drab, eh?
Now, find a fancy icon and select it. Chances are,
some colors darken, some stay bright, it just looks
messy.
The trick is, recognizing this color idiosyncrasy
and integrate it into the overall effect, acheiving
some pretty nifty results when a person Selects
(SingleClicks) the icon. Kinda makes me wonder why
this technique isn't common practice. Recently, a few
software companies have begun to refine their icons
this way for more visual appeal. A few. Very few,
but at least SOMEBODY's paying attention.
Anyways, this is a collection of, hmmm... about 25
icons. Mostly Disk and Folder types.
Included in this set are 10 icons from a new series,
tentively called SelectDidjits - a Folder and Disk
Icon collection featuring little humanoids (Didjits)
incorporated into the designs.
They are whimsical, and some are even downright
goofy, but most can be used even in a business
environment to impress clients or brighten somebody's
day. You say you've done 13 revisions on that last
document and it STILL has to go through the
committees approval? I've got just the Folder to
send it to them in (Revisions).
Here's a list of the icons in this collection:
-----SelectColorIcons-----
FOLDERS:
On The Road (travel)
Flyers (flying)
Communications (tele?)
1forJ.C. (religious)
TopsyTurvy (upside-down)
Creativity (art)
InFolder (office)
OutFolder (office)
Temporary (ephemeral)
BeautifulDay (indeed)
MoviesFolder (you see?)
Problems (fix it)
SoundsFolder (for sounds, duh)
TopSecrets (pass.protect this one)
-----SelectDijits------
FOLDERS:
2 Didjits (hello)
FliptFolder (this end up)
Applicationz (for your stuff)
Utilitiez (for your computer's stuff)
Revisions (right?)
TeachDidjit (for better grades)
SpaceDidjit (my personal favorite)
DISKS:
WorkDisk (~whew!~)
MyDisk (for you)
YourDisk (for someone else)
These icons are presented to you pasted onto empty folders.
Also, if you open this ReadMe file in ResEdit, all the icons
(and then some) are included in the Icl8 resource. Pretty neat, eh?
For those who have never customized their desktop icons,
simple instructions are included at the end of the ReadMe.
It's as easy as cut and paste!
I hope these icons will help you get that promotion, boost your
image in your friends eyes, get an A in class or just bring a
smile to your face.
This product is ShareWare, well ...actually its SawBuckWare.
If you feel that these icons have enhanced your life at all,
or if you just feel like doing something nice to one who
has dedicated his life to doing nice things for others, send
me a SawBuck ($10 bill USA).
If you don't have ten bucks, I'll understand. Times are tough.
You're under no obligation to me. Go out and buy yourself
something nice. A refreshing beverage, perhaps. That'll make
me happy.
If you agree to these terms, go like this...
~uh-huh~
The mailing address, where I expect hundreds of thousands
of SawBucks to come rolling in, is:
Jason Rainbows'
Magic Theatre Art and Design
503 Ohio Place
Sarasota, FL 34236
E-Mail: rainbow@q-net.net
URL: www.q-net.net/~rainbow
Have a good time and try not to hurt anybody with
these icons, okay.
Thanks.
(yep, that's me behind the SelectDijits Icon -J.R.)
Requires System 7,
256 colors
If you've never changed icons on your Mac before
let me quickly walk you through it here...
-Select one of the nice new "SelectDidjitIcons".
-Under the File Menu go to "Get Info"
-See the picture of the icon at the top left
of the info window? Click on it once. You'll see
a thin frame border appear. Good.
-Under the Edit Menu go to "Copy"
-Close the Info Window.
-Select the old drab icon that you want
to replace.
-Under File Menu, "Get Info"
-Select the picture of the icon at top left
of this Info Window.
-Under Edit Menu, go to "Paste"
-Close that info window and the change is done!