The Hickensian

27.07.06 Pimped Safari Icon

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Tagged with: icons, safari

There has been a lot of requests for one of these, so I’ve finally made the PimpMySafari logo into a custom Safari icon!

Screenshot of the application switcher with the new safari icon

Download this zip file to get the icon as an .icns file, iContainer and applied to a folder.

How To Install

There are 3 ways to install the new icon

If you have Pixadex, import the iContainer, and apply the icon with Quick Drop
Ctrl Click Safari.app and choose “Show Package Contents”. Drop the new compass.icns file into the /Contents/Resources/ folder.
Select the folder with the PMS icon, choose Get Info from the Finder (Apple-I). Click the icon and copy (Apple-C). Do the same with the Safari.app but paste intead of copy.

Please note that due to lack of time this icon file does not include 48,32 or 16 pixel resolution components, but should be fine in most situations.

Enjoy!

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No.1

∞ brian warren said 1293 days ago:

Jon that is very sexy. Thanks! It looks really nice in the dock.

No.2

∞ Anthony Baker said 1293 days ago:

Lordy—it’s BEAUTIFUL.

Apple had better just go ahead and throw money at you and use this for Leopard. Oh, and make sure they do it in Pound Sterling, not our little American Pesos.

Of course, I have now learned (and seen for myself) that Omniweb 5.5 kicks the living hell out of every other OS X browser in terms of rendering speed, so I’m now dating her on a more regular basis.

Have to say, it’s a good time for browsers. Flock has some brilliant features, Safari (with add-ons) is a winner, and Omniweb is a sprinter. What’s not to love?

(Sorry, but I’m not a Camino fan. A Firefox-based browser without plug-in support? WTF?)

No.3

∞ dunks said 1293 days ago:

Love the icon! This is going straight onto my powerbook.

Quick question, in the screenshot showing your icon, what is the software with the icon to the left of safari?

No.4

∞ Kevin Cannon said 1293 days ago:

Dunks, that would be stattoo by Panic software. Great little app.

No.5

∞ Nathan said 1293 days ago:

I love stattoo as well. Keeping my Basecamp RSS feed ‘tattooed’ on the desktop is more useful than I even imagined.

Thanx man.

Maybe if you change the name to Pimp Your Safari you wouldn’t get sued?

No.6

∞ 6ft5 said 1293 days ago:

Thanks. It looks fantastic!

No.7

∞ Alexis GallisÃ¡ said 1293 days ago:

Nice work Jon. I’ve been using one of Dave Brasgalla’s icon for safari for what seems for ever (Safari App2 or Crop Circle). Not that its a big deal, but it seems like the 48, 32, and 16 pixels resources are not in there. A little unsharp mask might be nice at those sizes.

No.8

∞ Jon Hicks said 1293 days ago:

Alexis â€“ no they arenâ€™t, Iâ€™m being a bit lazy/short of time. This was created quickly with Pixadex, but I will do it properly with IconBuilder at some point. The trouble is unsharp mask is often not enough, and the icons need to be redrawn to get the clarity and crispness.

Nathan â€“ thanks for the basecamp feed idea! :D