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I vote against most of these icons. They look good (most of them), but
only a small subset is easily recognizable what they should do. A
black-forest house meaning open directory -- ah, come on!)

The old ones may b a little bit greyish, but they obey the golden
rule of design: *form* *follows* *function*

(Note: I would be glad to have fancier icons, but please make them
visually clearer.)

		JTL

