Whats with all the FLAT ICON web design?
 

alot of websites look like windows 8

Example please?

Shit that looks like this
http://speckycdn.sdm.netdna-cdn.com/...t_icons_19.jpg

It's just the trend right now I guess

yep flat design is 'hot' right now. I also do mainstream design work and it makes that job alot easier. No more using the 'web 2.0' design styles, with multiple gradients/shiny effects.

Simple and clean = :thumbsup

that has been going for couple of years already

a kind of an official start was the moment adobe introduced new photoshop logo/icon

then there were yahoo with new logo and microsoft with win 8

I like it - Nice and simple...

This is a good article about it - http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/whats-fuss-flat-design/

Flat icons are basically favicons inserted onto webpages.

everything now tends to be simple and flat...