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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.

Bartelme Design has come up with an interesting concept: a development kit for smileys! The selection is a bit limited, but it’s a great start. I’m sure many will find this very handy. Kudos for this neat (not to mention cute) idea!