Iconfinder Icon Search Engine
I have no idea where it gets its icons or how this site came to be but Iconfinder seems to be a very decent resource for quickly finding free icons.
My only annoyance is that it doesn’t show the license type right away and I have to click a button which brings up an AJAX-ed overlay which is sometimes delayed. It would be so much better if the license type were displayed beside the icon in the search results page. An alternative would be having an advanced search page where users can specify the license type, icon size, etc.
The site should also benefit from having an “icon submission” page where people can contribute though I can understand if the reason this hasn’t been built in yet is because submissions will need to be moderated, and that takes time especially with the amount of spam online forms receive nowadays. I know this for a fact, because 99% of site submissions and comments we receive here at CSS Vault are from spambots.
Alternatively you can check out this blog post on 31 sources of quality, free icons.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:16 am
Thanks for the link to my blog.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Great resource, they have some very nice icons. Thanks
August 17th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Better Icon Search Engine at this moment is http://www.easyiconfinder.com ! Best results and nice design. Keywords can be updated by the community to get better search results.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Long Fables…
For those making the final submission of your CSS designs for the competition either tomorrow or the day after, I compiled this quick (should take less than 15 minutes) and a short checklist to help ensure your theme gives the rest a run for the money….
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:30 am
@Long Fables
I have no idea what you’re talking about. You spamming? Keep that out of here, please.