There's probably never been so much fanfare over a tiny orange icon. But the icon Firefox browsers use to indicate
that RSS feeds are available on a Web site is being adopted by Microsoft for its Internet Explorer
7 and, likely, Windows Vista operating system. Then the news came that Microsoft would use the
Firefox icon in Office 12 -- particularly in Outlook.Personally, I prefer the RSS icon that says "RSS" or, when I'm feeling really geeky, the one that reads "XML." But the Redmond, Wash., giant and Mozilla officials met and agreed that the Firefox icon is more user friendly, especially for folks who have no idea what RSS is.
In related news, a designer has created a Web site for the new logo. You can download the icon in a variety of sizes.
1. I liked the logo because orange is my favourite color.
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 29th 2005 by hannah