I'd say the new logo is definitely aimed to appease web designers, but I don't think it's fair to say that the W3C has "little to no credibility with [web desig

I'd say the new logo is definitely aimed to appease web designers, but I don't think it's fair to say that the W3C has "little to no credibility with [web designers]". Many still have pained memories of designing for older IE and understand the work the W3C has done to usefully eliminate the various fine differences. More recently there's been a lot more positive feeling toward Safari and Chrome for pushing the implementation of new technologies forward, but it's worth noting that there would probably be a lot less confluence in the new technologies if not for the work the W3C and WaSP did. Even if outside of that logo they both look really boring.