Spiffy new icon for Cyberduck

Version 3.3 of Cyberduck (still in beta) brings our favourite freeware FTP client up to date for Snow Leopard and heralds a new application icon.

While we’re glad to see Cyberduck will soldier on under Apple’s latest OS, we were intrigued by the new icon. As you may know, one of the features of Snow Leopard is the ability of the Finder to display icons in ginormous view — that’s 512-by-512 pixels for you sticklers. Dietmar Kerschner gets the credit for megasizing the rubber ducky, and he’s done a great job.

The shading is better defined and the eyes are positioned in a more natural pose. It could be argued, though, that the old one has more of the worn look you’d expect from a well-used toy, especially around the wings. Judge for yourself. The old icon is above and the new one is below.

old Cyberduck icon

new Cyberduck icon

date posted Posted Saturday, August 29, 2009 in

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  1. That’s actually the first thing I noticed when I installed the beta earlier today — the new icon looks fantastic! Nice work!

    J Davis

  2. Look here, “Happy Ente” of the “Berliner Wasserbetriebe”:
    ‘Happy Ente’ – Campaign 2009

    A Berliner

  3. The link above points to an article about a campaign by Berlin Water Works that uses a Happy Duck mascot bearing an uncanny resemblance to the Cyberduck icon.

    Mark

  4. Thanks for this. I’ll change back to the old icon. The new one is way too clean. Cyberduck is a tool, and much-used and well-loved tool at that. The grime and blurs are definitely a part of that feeling.

    Mikko





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