The main problem with the old favicon was the box around it. It looks bad in the address bars of Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer. It also looks bad when the bro

The main problem with the old favicon was the box around it. It looks bad in the address bars of Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer. It also looks bad when the browser doesn't do a good job of aligning the favicon with the text next to it. I have exactly the same problem with my favicon and it isn't easy to work around without going with a whole new design. Anyway, did they do end-user tests on this design? I would be very surprised if the results of a marketing/usability test support this change.