Adobe’s new CS3 icons
Adobe revealed their Creative Suite 3 software icons at the end of December. Their have been a lot of comments made concerning their design. Some people (myself included) feel that they resemble the symbols used by the periodic table of elements.
But even though that is the case it doesn’t mean that its a bad thing. For users of Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, etc. the most important thing is to be able to distinguish application from application. And because most software is updated on a frequent basis (every year or so) each version should have a new visual look. Its important for the end user to be able to tell at a glance that the software is new and updated.
As a Flash user I want to be able to tell immediately if the icon in my dock on my desktop represents Flash MX or Flash 9. And with the new look I can do that.
See the new Adobe CS3 icons in a Flash carousel at the Flash blog.
Or read more comments concerning the icons from this blog which was one of the first to deal with this issue.