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What's their current logo? Lowercase "mozilla"? That dinosaur isn't there anymore, is it? I rather like the Moz://a logo. Beyond geeky, beyond clever. Maybe to

by nothis 10y ago

What's their current logo? Lowercase "mozilla"? That dinosaur isn't there anymore, is it? I rather like the Moz://a logo. Beyond geeky, beyond clever. Maybe too clever, I dunno.

raimue 10y ago
The :// thing would be too close to the new curl logo, introduced only a few months ago: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/05/27/a-new-curl-logo/ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/05/27/a-new-curl-logo/
- anexprogrammer 10y ago
  It's funny, but such a similar concept as used in the Curl logo looks really professional. I'd not seen their new logo before. The typeface, the hint to pcb tracks, makes it work really well. I like it a lot! So I went back for a longer, closer, look. I dug into every logo's individual page. The FB mockups reveal much. Moz:// is the best of a horrible bunch, but apart from making me think strongly of another web brand, it's bland. They're all expressed as though someone just got their hands on MS Publisher. The connector, utterly meaningless and indecipherable. Particularly with the colour choices, makes me think of another Google app icon, like Picasa. Reminds me of BA's universally derided 1990s £50m tail art redesign (It didn't last long). Open button is some random control on a Chinese media player. Another "universal" icon rather than logo. Of the rest they have no redeeming features, to my eyes, whatsoever.
Sylos 10y ago
Yeah, lowercase "mozilla" is pretty much their current logo, often in combination with the rounded shape that tabs in Firefox have. The dinosaur sort of exists still, but it's essentially never used in publicity work and I doubt that anyone outside of tech could recognize it. I mean, it's too generic anyways. No one who doesn't happen to know that that dinosaur is the exact dinosaur that Mozilla uses, will recognize it as logo for Mozilla. They will just think that it's a random dinosaur. And while I personally like "mozilla" and like it better as any of the designs shown here, I can understand why they want to switch it out. "mozilla" is not terribly recognizable and doesn't pop into the eye. Also takes a lot of space on a poster or similar.
- fabrice_d 10y ago
  The dino is still used for the MDN logo! https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
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by nothis 10y ago

What's their current logo? Lowercase "mozilla"? That dinosaur isn't there anymore, is it? I rather like the Moz://a logo. Beyond geeky, beyond clever. Maybe too clever, I dunno.

raimue 10y ago

The :// thing would be too close to the new curl logo, introduced only a few months ago: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/05/27/a-new-curl-logo/ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/05/27/a-new-curl-logo/

anexprogrammer 10y ago
It's funny, but such a similar concept as used in the Curl logo looks really professional. I'd not seen their new logo before. The typeface, the hint to pcb tracks, makes it work really well. I like it a lot! So I went back for a longer, closer, look. I dug into every logo's individual page. The FB mockups reveal much. Moz:// is the best of a horrible bunch, but apart from making me think strongly of another web brand, it's bland. They're all expressed as though someone just got their hands on MS Publisher. The connector, utterly meaningless and indecipherable. Particularly with the colour choices, makes me think of another Google app icon, like Picasa. Reminds me of BA's universally derided 1990s £50m tail art redesign (It didn't last long). Open button is some random control on a Chinese media player. Another "universal" icon rather than logo. Of the rest they have no redeeming features, to my eyes, whatsoever.

Sylos 10y ago

Yeah, lowercase "mozilla" is pretty much their current logo, often in combination with the rounded shape that tabs in Firefox have. The dinosaur sort of exists still, but it's essentially never used in publicity work and I doubt that anyone outside of tech could recognize it. I mean, it's too generic anyways. No one who doesn't happen to know that that dinosaur is the exact dinosaur that Mozilla uses, will recognize it as logo for Mozilla. They will just think that it's a random dinosaur. And while I personally like "mozilla" and like it better as any of the designs shown here, I can understand why they want to switch it out. "mozilla" is not terribly recognizable and doesn't pop into the eye. Also takes a lot of space on a poster or similar.

fabrice_d 10y ago
The dino is still used for the MDN logo! https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/

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