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OPML is great - and for feed organization, it’s equally awesome. Just about every news aggregator supports importing and exporting OPML, but there hasn’t yet emerged an OPML icon design that is equally as appealing as the “standard” feed icon set forth by Firefox and subsequently adopted by the industry. In working with information architects on TagJag, we decided to dedicate some cycles to designing an OPML icon for use on the site:

OPML Icon

Before you ask, I did float this past Dave (who didn’t like it much, but suggested I ask others what they thought of it). We’re certainly open to suggestions, but as it stands - this is the design we’re gonna use for linking to OPML files. It’s pretty much like the “standard” feed icon, but it’s… different. Check out OPMLIcons.com.

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um…i think target (you know, tar-zhay, that little french boutique) may have an issue with that.

[...] 9:44 - Chris has proposed an official OPML icon, that goes hand in hand with the feed icon, you can check out how it looks here. I kind of like the idea, the icon looks similar to the feed icon, and it should do the trick. Not that this is really a monumental decision, it’ll just let everybody recognize and OPML list when they see one. [...]

The graphic is ok, But I think it should be red.
Like the logo on opml.org

Just my 2cents.

Big thumbs up - I love the new blue/square icon.

I like it! Do you have the source files anywhere?

I quite like the small ‘O’ that podcast.com and a number of others use:
http://podcast.com/images/opml_red.gif

Sorry, I posted on the wrong post. D’oh.

Hey Chris,

We put the logo up in action today across the Zimbio network. Looks great! Let us know how else we can support this…

off. Wireless connectivity is a bit spotty so far. I’m somewhat having flashbacks to last year. :) Chris’s opening remarks: - It’s officially RSS Days (per the state of Washington) - TechMeme has been hacked! - bLaugh has launched - DoesOPML have an official icon?  I kinda like it. These posts will continually be updated (assuming that we have connectivity). Stay tuned. :)

It’s pretty but it doesn’t say “outline” to me indeed, outlines being acyclic, it more or less says “this is not an outline.”

I like it, by looking at it you know that it has something to do with RSS but is not RSS.

I think it’s a great icon to use, it’s a different color and it’s a slightly different design, although it does have similarities. It’s different enough for the mass market to be able to tell the difference between the OPML icon and the standard feed icon, so it could work.

“Just about every news aggregator supports importing and exporting OPML, but there hasn’t yet emerged an OPML icon design that is equally as appealing as the “standardâ€Â? feed icon set forth by Firefox and subsequently adopted by the industry,”said Pirillo

from Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, declaring June 30-July 1, 2006 as official “RSS Days.” An experiment with determining whether TechMeme has been hacked as Chris claims. Idea for a newOPML icon related to the feed icon. A blog-lampooning daily comic at bLaugh.com. And Chris’s parents and Ponzi’s father are here and handling microphones, as well as enforcing time limits: “You don’t wanna cross my mom.”

[...] Chris Pirillo: “OPML is great - and for feed organization, it’s equally awesome. Just about every news aggregator supports importing and exporting OPML, but there hasn’t yet emerged an OPML icon design that is equally as appealing as the “standardâ€? feed icon set forth by Firefox and subsequently adopted by the industry.” Chris has a mockup of a suggested icon, so go look and give him your two cents on whether you like it or not.   [...]

One question. Public domain? Or are you gonna try to trademark it, as Moz did?

Make the inner O into a abrevaited P in the same position and I think it would be perfect. Mater of fact I like it alot. I think you will viral this one and a lot of people will use it.

I love the icon, but you shouldn’t use it. It looks too much like a power button on an appliance.

[...] Categories: opml icon Reader Comments RSSRmail Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:22:31 GMT User comment I say we make it public domain, man - so long as it represents an OPML fileunderneath. [...]

[...]  One of my goals for the next year is to help promote the use of “feed” as a generic term for streaming XML formatted data, without the qualifiers of RSS or OPML. This will help the general adoption of the concept. So when the standard RSS icon emerged as an alternative to the little RSS and XML icons, I jumped on it. Now Chris Pirillo has proposed a similar icon for OPML. I like it and hope it gains mass acceptance. We’ll probably try it out in a test version of Grazr and see what people think. Anything that strips away the excessive geekiness of OPML is a good thing. Filed under: General by Adam Green | [...]

[...] So I just came across a post by both Chris Prillo and Adam Green about a proposed icon to increase mind-share for OPML. And in my typical way of taking breaks, I thought I’d break out the old Illustrator and pixel something together. I make zero claim to know anything about OPML and in no way do I want to be “that guy” when it comes to crashing the party that the OPML Community is throwing, but at times I do enjoy analyzing various branding elements, graphic design, and symbology - and this just happened to pique my interest. I can see what is happening in the OPML industry from a distance, and I do honestly believe it is a very interesting and exciting space to watch. Hey, I’m also the guy who emailed Pixar to tell them they should merchandize the critters in the “For The Birds” animated short. What can I say. [...]

I also found a similarity with theTargé logo, as well as a feeling it didn’t really convey the “outline” aspect. For what it’s worth, I slapped an idea together, having been inspired by the nice work of those IA guys and Chris.

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I love the actual icon, in terms of looks and colour, but it makes even less sense than the standard RSS icon. But then, it’s not an easy task coming up with a design for OPML - something even fewer people know about than RSS itself. So, from that perspective, it’s probably as good as any. Do I sound like I’m fencing sitting? I’m partial to an orange chicklet that says OPML.

I love it. Can we mix it up with different colors? I’d like to do one for Podcast Hotel.

The icon does not ring a bell for me.
However, good thing you start the discussion about it this way.

Thanks!

[...] I’ve adopted Chris Pirillo’s suggested OPML standard icon offering you the ability to download an OPML file that has many of the Windows Live Team Blogs. I will continue to update it as time goes out. I strongly support the use of this icon as a standard on the net for OPML. [...]

‘t zegt me niks ……

Twee iconen. De ene spreekt, de ander zegt me HE-LE-MAAL niets.

De blauwe icoon (links) is een voorstel van Chris Pirillo voor een OPML icoon dat gebruikt kan worden om naar een OPML-bestand te linken. Het is een soort van complement van het oranje …

I like it and think it does convey the idea of outlines (nested circles in this case.) If there is a consensus we will use it in our FeedHenry project.

[...] OPML Icon OPML is great - and for feed organization, it’s equally awesome. Just about every news aggregator supports importing and exporting OPML, but there hasn’t yet emerged an OPML icon design that is equally as appealing as the “standard� feed icon set forth by Firefox and subsequently adopted by the industry. In working with information architects on TagJag, we decided to dedicate some cycles to designing an OPML icon for use on the site: [...]

I have to agree that the OPML community has an icon already and Kosso has done a great deal on this. Maybe a graphic designer could ’shape’ the surrounding texture of the current layout surrounding of the OPML shaped ‘O’ of the logo, though I believe the shape of the ‘O’ in the current logo which Tom links to above is fantastic, different and unique and as stated above does not look like the ‘Target’ logo of a common commercial enterprise that we all know of bar the blue vs red color change.

The previous list of suggested OPML icons that Dave asked about a fair amount of time ago had some great icons and this is where we ended up.

OPML Icon - ein Vorschlag von Chris Pirillo…

Dave Winer, dem die Welt RSS 2.0 zu verdanken hat, hat ja auch OPML “erfunden”. OPML wird in Verbindung mit RSS-Feeds als Container genutzt. Nahezu alle Reader und Aggregatoren können OPML-Dateien importieren und exportieren. Es ist also quasi das S…

[...] We’ve decided to try out the new OPML icon from Chris Pirillo in a test version of Grazr. You can see how it looks on our Preview site. I know it isn’t familiar, but this will be an interesting test. I wonder how many days will it take before your brain switches from saying “what is that?” to “hey, an OPML file.” I bet it is less than a month. Filed under: General by Adam Green | [...]

[...] There’s a new build of Grazr ready to release, but I’ve decided to set up a process that lets people try out a new version before we start serving it to every page. You can find this new version on Preview.grazr.com. Please take a look at this and post your comments on that site. If we don’t get any reports of problems, this new version will go into general use in about a week. One interesting change that you’ll find is a new OPML icon used to represent an include link. This is based on a design from Chris Pirillo. Let us know what you think about this change. Explore posts in the same categories: Announce, preview [...]

[...] Como sabemos ya se ha adoptado un simbolo estandar para el RSS y ahora Chris nos propone un simbolo para el OPML y nos pide nuestra opinión en su blog, aqui esta el símbolo : [...]

[...] Chris Pirillo hat einen ersten Vorschlag gemacht, der in seinem Blog zu finden ist. Er hat seinen Vorschlag Dave Winer, dem “Erfinder” von OPML und RSS 2.0 gezeigt, welcher aber nicht allzu begeistert von dem Vorschlag war. [...]

Propuesta de icono estándar para el OPML…

Chris Pirillo sugiere este icono como estándar para los archivos OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language)(es.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPML)…

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Chris Pirillo has created an icon for the OPML format

[...] Chris Pirillo has proposed a standard icon be used for designating OPML files. The following is the proposed icon: Chris is looking for comments and feedback as to there thoughts on the proposed icon. Apparently Dave Winer did not love it but suggested getting feedback from other users. [...]

[...] PayPerPost: Right or Wrong?Explaining AJAXJSON.NETAtlas June CTPRelay: Ajax File ManagerDojo Available in Ning ApplicationsGoogle CheckoutPrivate and Public Members in JavaScriptRSS 2.0Blogging 2.0 OPML Icon OPML is great - and for feed organization, it’s equally awesome. Just about every news aggregator supports importing and exporting OPML, but there hasn’t yet emerged an OPML icon design that is equally as appealing as the “standard� feed icon set forth by Firefox and subsequently adopted by the industry. In working with information architects on TagJag, we decided to dedicate some cycles to designing an OPML icon for use on the site: Before you ask, I did float this past Dave (who didn’t like it much, but suggested I ask others what they thought of it). We’re certainly open to suggestions, but as it stands - this is the design we’re gonna use for linking to OPML files. It’s pretty much like the “standard� feed icon, but it’s… different. July 5th, 2006 [...]

My two cents, I like it. As far as color, I think both logos are distinct enough where designers can vary the color. I have seen the RSS logo in different colors elsewhwere. It doesn’t confuse me and I am easily confused… ;)

New OPML Icon…

…Web Feeds have had their own icon for a while now… However … OPML (and other outlining formats like XOXO) haven’t had an icon of their own to use. That is, until now. …

nger ein Standardicon, das inzwischen wohl auch jedem bekannt sein sollte, der öfters mal durchs Netz streift. Nun soll es auch ein solches Icon für OPML geben. Chris Pirillo hat einen ersten Vorschlag gemacht, der in seinem Blog zu finden ist. Er hat seinen Vorschlag Dave Winer, dem “Erfinder” von OPML und RSS 2.0 , gezeigt, welcher aber nicht allzu begeistert von dem Vorschlag war. [IMG] Ich finde die Idee des Icons ganz gut, die Anlehung an das RSS Icon ist erkennbar. Au

It’s certainly interesting, and I like how it matches the “official” icon. Yet when did that icon become the “official” one, though, anyway?

I also like the red homegrown one associate with the OPML Editor, as I’ve come to associate the color red with OPML (due to the OPML Editor, most likely, and OPML.org). Has that homemade feel to it, which can be good.

OPML Icon Vorschläge…

Über den Beitrag vom RSS Blogger bin ich auf das OPML Icon Vorschlag von Chris Pirillo aufmerksam geworden, den Vorschlag von Chris seht Ihr recht neben dem bekannten RSS Icon. Mehr zu OPML findet ihr auf OPML.org
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why don’t you send Dave something like this an see if he likes it

ate my img HTML in previous post…

http://pics.ww.com/d/17718-1/opml.jpg

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ne reçoit pas de fichier joint, mais un lien internet pour consulter le message audio ou vidéo. Via NetWizz Jungle Blog. Tout le monde connaît le fameux logo orange pour RSS, mais c’est vrai qu’il n’y avait rien pour OPML. Jusqu’à ce que Chris Pirillo propose celui-ci. Via A Feed Is Born. Tiens, un autre coComment-like: CommentFul. Via Micro Persuasion. WikiBios, pour avoir sa propre bio. Via Micro Persuasion. Wikia, c’est du wiki et de la politique. En tout cas,

ne reçoit pas de fichier joint, mais un lien internet pour consulter le message audio ou vidéo. Via NetWizz Jungle Blog. Tout le monde connaît le fameux logo orange pour RSS, mais c’est vrai qu’il n’y avait rien pour OPML. Jusqu’à ce que Chris Pirillo propose celui-ci. Via A Feed Is Born. Tiens, un autre coComment-like: CommentFul. Via Micro Persuasion. WikiBios, pour avoir sa propre bio. Via Micro Persuasion. Wikia, c’est du wiki et de la politique. En tout cas,

a nice autodiscovery tag that’s standard for RSS– how about a standard OPML autodiscovery tag?” So just as we now see the standard orange feed icon in the Firefox address bar when we visit a webpage (eg. blog) with a feed can we expect to see the blue OPML icon show up beside it if there are also OPML urls on the page, in some future version of the Mozilla browser? Now that would be very handy for use with services like Zimbio which produce customizable OPML

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Second Life OPML. We’re using nested OPML which seems to be working well on Optimal and Taskable. We’ll roll out more OPML features soon. We’re testing out a new OPML logo. Chris Pirillo proposed a new OPML icon at Gnomedex today. We’re giving it a try. Have a great holiday weekend! Cheers, Tony

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Hi, i dn’t like it much, because it says nothing about the multiple stukture of OPML. I´ve made a few own OPML Icons, they are on public domain, just have a look on my MP:Blog.

http://www.blog.mediaprojekte.de/grafik-design/opml-icon-vorschlaege/

[...] The most interesting things in the current release are the use of the new OPML icon designed by Chris Pirillo and the new post formatting. Post formatting should hopefully look cleaner. I removed the line separators and cleaned up the author and date portions of the posts. Links to posts are now the post title rather than a separate link in the post body. I wasn’t sure about the blue opml icon initially, but after using it for a just a few weeks it really says “opml’ to me now. [...]

, elemento standard per identificare un feed RSS. Ora ci prova anche l’OPML, formato minore nel campo XML estremamente diffuso per la gestione di liste di elementi, in particolare URL e feed. Ad uniformare le scelte ci prova Chris Pirillo, proponendo l’icona seguente come standard. [IMG Icona OPML] Carina l’idea, carino il logo ma ho un dubbio: secondo voi questo logo concettualmente ha un senso? Penso che sia importante che un’icona possa comunicare il suo significato anche senza l’uso di testi

[...] The OPML Icon Saga Continues So it seems the ripple effects from this month’s Gnomedex are still being felt. The conference itself was covered by The Seattle Post Intelligencer, but the products that debuted at Gnomedex have been reviewed by not only the conference attendees but they have also been Digg’ed, Slashdotted, blogged about by tech community at large.There have been several positive discussions that began at the conference and have continued into the blogging world. One such topic which Christopher (Tse) and I are involved closely with is the OPML icon design. Read up on the debate about the various OPML designs at Chris Pirillo’s blog. In the next week, we will be helping launch a new site that will bring this discussion to the masses and perhaps build upon Dave Winer’s OPML.org campaign.OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) is fast becoming a standard for exchanging and managing lists of RSS feeds. You can "Share Your OPML" with the official OPML site at http://share.opml.org.Being the Mozilla Firefox supporters that we are, it would only be proper for us to help support the cause by promoting an OPML extension for Firefox. OPML support for Mozilla Firefox adds OPML import/export features to the Firefox Bookmarks Manager.Stay tuned the conversation is about to heat up. Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at 10:27AM by Ken in Design | Post a Comment [...]

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I like it, and i do agree that one is needed

[...] The icons you see here are for OPML and RSS, courtesy of Chris Pirillo. The RSS icon on the right, which we play on in our logo, is quickly establishing as the standard symbol for RSS. Chris developed the blue icon for OPML, which you see here. It works. An icon does a lot for a movement. And I’m a big time believer in OPML, which looks to be growing in acceptance with each passing day. What is OPML anyways? It’s an outlining method for creating and organizing groups of RSS feeds. For instance, if I have a few hundred RSS feeds, I can export them as a file and post them or email to someone. I can set up a news reader and import the OPML file. OPML proves handy when setting up a news reader for someone who is new to the world of blogs and such. Once the file is imported into the news reader, it’s all there for them! RSS feeds galore! We did this recently for a client. They loved it. Why? They had a river of news before them delivered via RSS. After they grocked what this river of news meant, we then showed them how to susbcribe to an RSS feed. Ever see the look in someone’s eye when they have just discovered something that will forever alter the way they get news and pertinent information? It’s a great feeling to teach people about RSS and handy mechanisms like OPML. It’s what I love about my work. [...]

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OPML…

Chris Pirillo has made an excellent attempt to provide a standarized icon for OPML. I really like the choice of color and the radiating look of the OPML icon, and it feeds with the theme of the RSS icon. Nice work Chris and team!…

[...] Chris Pirillo has proposed a standard icon be used for designating OPML files. The following is the proposed icon: Chris is looking for comments and feedback as to there thoughts on the proposed icon. Apparently Dave Winer did not love it but suggested getting feedback from other users. [...]

We will support it in the next build of Touchstone :)

discusses future plans. Standard OPML Icon Proposed Chris Pirillo has proposed a standard icon be used for designating OPML files. The following is the proposed icon: [IMG] Chris is looking for comments and feedback as to there thoughts on the proposed icon. Apparently Dave Winer did not love it but suggested getting feedback from other users. RSS Feed Translation Nativetext is a free web service that translates RSS feeds from blogs and podcasts into foreign

discusses future plans. Standard OPML Icon Proposed - Chris Pirillo has proposed a standard icon be used for designating OPML files. The following is the proposed icon: [IMG] Chris is looking for comments and feedback as to there thoughts on the proposed icon. Apparently Dave Winer did not love it but suggested getting feedback from other users. RSS Feed Translation - Nativetext is a free web service that translates RSS feeds from blogs and podcasts into foreign

Atom or RSS, that cannot be said for OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language), that has passed for series of banners and now is finally triying to push its own icon so it can be standarized and get into the mainstream. Inspired by http://www.Feedicons.com, Chris Pirillo launched a website for the new icon called The OPML Project that carries a Creative Commons Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License. for the icon. So, if you have a any OPML to offer in your Blogger Blog, please support this new Icon if you find it

as appealing as the “standard� feed icon set forth by Firefox and subsequently adopted by the industry. In working with information architects on TagJag, we decided to dedicate some cycles to designing an OPML icon for use on the site: Source: OPML Icon ~ Chris Pirillo

I first saw it at Chris Pillo’s blog, but since it has it’s own website everybodies talking about it: digg, Factory Joe, Quickonlinetips… OPMLIcons.com [IMG Image] Chris Pillo’s OPML icon proposal, there should be more coming:

OPML Icon…

Wie beim RSS Icon () versucht man sich jetzt auch bei dem OPML Icon auf einen Standard zu einigen.
Der Aufruf ein solches Icon zu entwickeln kam von Dave Winer auf OPML.org.
Einer der Vorschläge ist auf der Seite des OPML Icon Project zu finden (inspi…

[...] Ken Rossi, of Liquid Orb Media, emailed me asking me to mention their project/site hoping to standardize the opml icon. There’s been a some discussion of a standard icon, including Dave’s post and Chris Pirillo’s proposal. [...]

Part II discusses future plans. Standard OPML Icon Proposed Chris Pirillo has proposed a standard icon be used for designating OPML files. The following is the proposed icon: [IMG] Chris is looking for comments and feedback

Part II discusses future plans. Standard OPML Icon Proposed Chris Pirillo has proposed a standard icon be used for designating OPML files. The following is the proposed icon: [IMG] Chris is looking for comments and feedback

[...] We are testing the new OPML icon created by Chris Pirillo in Alpha 0.10. I realize that nobody knows it yet, but then very few people know OPML anyway. It is early enough that we can help establish a new icon standard. Let us know what you think. Since this OPML icon doesn’t use a folder the justification for putting the feed icon in a folder is gone, so we’ve also put back the original RSS icon. [...]

[...] Then the idea of an OPML icon. Now there’s the idea of a “Share This” icon and a Microsummary icon (which I could see being a standard as the feature is cool enough for adoption). Then there are MicroFormat Icons. [...]