Over 150,000 New Icons

December 11, 2009 on 10:47 am | 8 Comments

I wonder if it bothered you as much as it bothered me that so much of the content in the My Yahoo! Content Gallery did not have a unique icon associated with it. Every time I clicked on “Add Content” and did a search, most of the content coming back had a generic icon. I want my content searching more sexy and fun. Give me a logo! Give me an image! Make it tasty!

So we went ahead and added over 150,000 new icons to the content database. When you do your search for “apple” to find out about the latest on the rumored Apple Tablet or top iTunes songs or for “book reviews” to find that perfect gift for the holidays, you’ll see new icons show up next to content.

 

Searching for book reviews on My Yahoo!

Apps showcased in this post:

Michael
- My Yahoo! Team Lead

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Comment by sierra
2009-12-11 12:43:37

hey um i think it would be cool to put pictures on your yahoo. :)

Comment by My Yahoo! Team
2009-12-14 12:10:22

You can… try out this Photo Frame app.

http://my.yahoo.com/add/module?suid=24782753

Michael

 
Comment by eva
2010-01-03 12:30:24

Ya,you really think it could be cool to put pictures on my yahoo? :)

 
 
Comment by dixie ware
2009-12-12 12:41:02

heeey this soo loooks GREAT

 
Comment by Brittani
2009-12-13 09:22:35

I like this post. About time we have some new icons on here!

 
Comment by Ken Alcock
2009-12-13 11:50:03

Do you think you could maybe rub shoulders with the Yahoo! Toolbar team and persuade them to do the same thing with all the application buttons for the Yahoo! Toolbar?

It is even more imperative to have meaningful icons for each Yahoo! Toolbar application button, where each is displayed all the time, not just during a search while customizing.

For an example, check out the “My eBay” application button. (I’m aware there are other eBay buttons with nicer icons, but none of them take you directly to your My eBay page, which is where any serious eBayer wants to start off.)

 
Comment by Abubakar Zeinabu
2009-12-30 01:29:53

Always warm, frindly, fully of life and optimistics.

 
Comment by Ashley
2010-01-04 20:52:28

I totally agree. I think that there should be pictures on yahoo. I love these new icons. Finally yahoo has some style again.

 
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