Icons a la carte

Kevin Powick

Delphi Developer

Icons a la carte

2007-04-24 06:37:25 AM
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Why is it that the "good" icon publishers force you into buying sets of
icons, that often contain one's you will never use, instead of letting
you buy only the ones you want? -- And often results in having to buy
multiple sets in order to get all the icons you actually want.
Likely, the answer is that they believe they can make more money that
way, but that should leave customers feeling resentful and taken
advantage of.
The music industry has caught on to the concept of letting customers
purchase only the songs they want to hear, so why not the icon makers?
Even a "choice pack" where, for a fixed price, you could get any X
icons of your choice would be better than what most seem to have for
ordering options now.
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Kevin Powick

Fernando Madruga

Delphi Developer

2007-04-24 07:15:21 AM

Re:Icons a la carte

Kevin Powick writes:

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Why is it that the "good" icon publishers force you into buying sets of
icons, that often contain one's you will never use, instead of letting
you buy only the ones you want? -- And often results in having to buy
I once saw one publisher that had that option, but I just don't remember

where... Try and search a bit more and you will eventually run into it...

Chester

Delphi Developer

2007-04-24 07:18:31 AM

Re:Icons a la carte

Excellent Idea, I'd say the same about software bundles or even
component packages.
Get your CodeGear Developer Studio a la carte, sounds good isn't it?

Fernando Madruga

Delphi Developer

2007-04-24 08:03:23 AM

Re:Icons a la carte

Chester writes:

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Excellent Idea, I'd say the same about software bundles or even
component packages.

Get your CodeGear Developer Studio a la carte, sounds good isn't it?
Especially with the new installer: need another feature? Purchase and

download... :)

Chester

Delphi Developer

2007-04-24 08:14:30 AM

Re:Icons a la carte

I would love to have my CDS 2007 a la carte:
Delphi / OOP
PHP
Delphi.Net
Optional C++, Java or C#
:-)

Uffe Kousgaard

Delphi Developer

2007-04-24 01:23:45 PM

Re:Icons a la carte

"Chester" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes

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Excellent Idea, I'd say the same about software bundles or even
component packages.

Get your CodeGear Developer Studio a la carte, sounds good isn't it?
Cool, so if I don't need the math unit I can get Delphi cheaper? Could be a

complete nightmare in distribution and pricing.

Michael Fritz

Delphi Developer

2007-04-24 02:35:43 PM

Re:Icons a la carte

"Kevin Powick" writes
<news:XXXX@XXXXX.COM>:

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Why is it that the "good" icon publishers force you into buying sets of
icons, that often contain one's you will never use, instead of letting
you buy only the ones you want? -- And often results in having to buy
multiple sets in order to get all the icons you actually want.
Yes, you're right, would be better to use a kind of shop system. Each icon

is an article and you can choose which one you would like to order.
Of course there should be predefined icon groups one can add to the wallet,
too, perhaps with some discount option.
But I guess no one would offer such a "feature" in the future.
--
cu,
Michael

Pentti Pohjonen

Delphi Developer

2007-04-24 03:13:46 PM

Re:Icons a la carte

www.horizonum.com/en/products/graph/default.html
They have "Select" option, You can choose 75 icons from
any icon collection for 24$
HTH
PP

Fernando Madruga

Delphi Developer

2007-04-24 06:42:28 PM

Re:Icons a la carte

Uffe Kousgaard writes:

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"Chester" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
news:462d3eb0$XXXX@XXXXX.COM...
>Excellent Idea, I'd say the same about software bundles or even
>component packages.
>
>Get your CodeGear Developer Studio a la carte, sounds good isn't it?

Cool, so if I don't need the math unit I can get Delphi cheaper? Could be a
complete nightmare in distribution and pricing.
Well, one might actually think about the "install units", not about

"real units"! :) E.g.: DBExpress, Interbase Express, dbGo/ADOExpress,
BDE, HTML Designer, IntraWeb, ITE, Indy and so on... :)
Heck, I would pay *more* just not to have that .NET (what's the word for it?
ah: cr*p...)

Chester

Delphi Developer

2007-04-25 02:51:27 AM

Re:Icons a la carte

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Uffe Kousgaard writes
Cool, so if I don't need the math unit I can get Delphi cheaper? Could be
a
complete nightmare in distribution and pricing.

That's about the developers studio packages not about a single tool,

actually I think codegear is going in that direction with single
personalities, Turbos and the devloper studios packages...

Johnnie Norsworthy

Delphi Developer

2007-04-27 04:52:14 AM

Re:Icons a la carte

"Kevin Powick" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes

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Why is it that the "good" icon publishers force you into buying sets of
icons, that often contain one's you will never use, instead of letting
you buy only the ones you want? -- And often results in having to buy
multiple sets in order to get all the icons you actually want.
Kevin,

Consider trying RentAcoder.com for having someone create your own
personalized icons. I have had some logos and icons done through "coders"
there and they were a bargain.
-Johnnie

Kevin Powick

Delphi Developer

2007-04-27 06:50:30 AM

Re:Icons a la carte

Johnnie Norsworthy writes:

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Consider trying RentAcoder.com
Thanks.

I'll check it out.
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Kevin Powick