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The First IconPackages

Back in the day...

April 30, 2008 2:31:52 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

The year is 1999, IconPackager brings simple icon switching to Windows and the world erupts in joyous cheers!  Well, maybe not.  But artists did set to work on creating new custom icon sets to save everyone from the horror of the default windows icons.

Here are just a handful of the very first IconPackager sets uploaded to WinCustomize.

Dark
Mel Broyce

Cyber RS
Martin Eriksson

Suzi Wong
Albie Wong

Kid OS
Gedeon Maheux

Heavy
Mel Broyce

Vaio
Masatoshi Ueji

iMac
Masatoshi Ueji

Odd
Copland

Wow the previews were tiny back then.

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Reply #1 April 30, 2008 2:45:21 PM
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How big could an icon be back then?

I don't recognize any of those names.  I wonder if any are still skinning?
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Reply #2 April 30, 2008 2:45:55 PM
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Good stuff Zoomba. Interesting to see original submissions and how icons have progressed since then. 
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Reply #3 April 30, 2008 5:56:32 PM
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Copland was pretty famous in the day.
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Reply #4 April 30, 2008 6:45:08 PM
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oldschool!
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Reply #5 April 30, 2008 9:26:07 PM
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see? I told you digging was fun!!!
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Reply #6 May 1, 2008 2:18:39 AM
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Yes, Copland and D.O.T. and other Japanese Icon Artists were pretty big those time. Both quit icon making. I think many of those old icons were done pixel by pixel.
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Reply #7 May 1, 2008 2:36:44 AM
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Copland was pretty famous in the day.

Yep....one I definitely remember....

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Reply #8 May 1, 2008 2:39:13 AM
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I remember for quite a while there were no packages with large icons, just poxy diddy ones. Ah, the good old days... 
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Reply #9 May 1, 2008 3:26:20 AM
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Masatoshi Ueji was really good icon creator,i have used a few of his themes. his website was called M's Factory.
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Reply #10 May 1, 2008 12:08:38 PM
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Copland & M's Factory...wow, what great memories! I love articles like this, keep 'em coming, please
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Reply #11 May 1, 2008 12:21:27 PM
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Icons have come a long way. Most of those were ported from the Mac sets. Nowadays people are turning out amazing stuff.
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Reply #12 May 2, 2008 11:35:36 AM
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Copland was pretty famous in the day.
Yeah!!! I remember the first time that I found this website... I spend hours, days, downloading iconpacks. I never thought that I would be capable of to make my own iconthemes... Just on 2004 I began to turn a little bit the concept of iconography with this 3D wave. I need to thanks to all that people that encourage me to do it. Cheers!
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Reply #13 May 2, 2008 6:22:26 PM
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I remember that iMac package, used it for a long time. Copland's were awesome too. Brings back memories, doesn't it?
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