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Where would we be without John Gruber? The author of Daring Fireball is the conscience of the Mac blogosphere, always there to show up with level-headed commentary amid hysteria.
And he's also really funny. Today, for example, he found proof that Microsoft had used an Apple icon to sell Vista for business. See? The one on the left is Apple's, and the graphic on the right is MS's note for note rip-off. The best part of all this? Microsoft has now replaced the purloined image with a really lamely thrown together icon.
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I've always thought Apple and NeXT's clear superiority in icon creation was a good overall benchmark of Apple's lead in GUI design over Microsoft and other challengers that have come along over the years. It's always nice when a competitor steps up and flat-out steals Apple's work in this realm.
Ever since the very first Macintosh system, its icons have been the clearest and most functional of any operating system in the world. Just glancing at my dock, which is shrunk down to about 16x16, I can tell what app is represented, what it does and if there are actions I should be taking on that application. This for icons meant to be viewed at 128x128.
"Microsoft Rips Off Apple's Workgroup Manager Icon" [Daring Fireball]
