heh, I'd look at it another way: you don't need icons, you need an interface designer to spend a couple of hours making it look good. My graphics guy goes through all my admin back ends and spends a couple of hours messing with the css, placing the buttons and adding icons, and making interface suggestions. The ones that he's done look and feel about 1000% better than anything I could do - and I'm pretty handy with css.
-- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com personal: goatlady.wordpress.com On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Ryan J. Heldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://cssremix.com is a favorite of mine. > > However, in my opinion, although a backend can look nice, at the end of > the day it should be about getting the job done, so avoid using lots of > graphics and other eye candy that can get in the way. People don't > necessarily remember something that's well designed, but they will > remember something that isn't. > > Ryan > > > Mike Little wrote: > > hi guys, > > > > just about to start a business to business web application for a client. > this sits on the backend of their website. > > > > uptil now i have to say my backend application designs are very > boooorrriinnnggg!!!! very simple icons with dull backgrounds. > > > > just wondered if anyone had come across some inspirational websites (or > books) that may help to give me some design motivation? > > > > mike > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4